Japanese writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and literary criticism (1875-1947).
Born December 8th, 1875 in Tsushima.
Died July 13th, 1947 at 71 years old in Tokyo (stomach cancer).
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