Władysław Szpilman

Polish pianist, composer, holocaust survivor.

Born December 5th, 1911 in Sosnowiec. [ref]

Died July 6th, 2000 at 88 years old in Warsaw.

Occupations
composer, musician, pianist, songwriter, writer

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