Soviet russian writer and dissident (1932-2018).
Born September 26th, 1932 in Dushanbe. [ref]
Died July 27th, 2018 at 85 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [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