Israeli poet (1924-2000).
Born May 3rd, 1924 in Würzburg. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 2000 at 76 years old in Jerusalem (cancer). [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