Poet, translator.
Born October 4th, 1922 in Zlarin. [ref]
Died October 25th, 2010 at 88 years old in Stubičke Toplice. [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