Russian writer (1938–1990).
Born October 26th, 1938 in Kandalaksha.
Died May 11th, 1990 at 51 years old in Moscow (laryngeal cancer).
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