Russian writer.
Born October 24th, 1938 in Kandalaksha. [ref]
Died May 11th, 1990 at 51 years old in Moscow (laryngeal cancer). [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