Czech writer (1889–1942).
Born January 15th, 1889 in Karlovy Vary.
Died August 23rd, 1942 at 53 years old in Biķernieki forest.
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