German film director and author (1929–2010).
Born February 19th, 1929 in Berlin.
Died October 16th, 2010 at 81 years old in Berchtesgaden.
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