Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989).
Born February 9th, 1931 in Heerlen. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1989 at 58 years old in Gmunden. [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel