French librettist, playwright and writer.
Born February 14th, 1957 in Héricourt. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1995 at 38 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (HIV/AIDS). [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