RIP Jose Saramago

zelda_pinwheel · 06-18-2010, 09:28 AM

One of my favourite authors, 1998 Nobel prizewinner Jose Saramago, has died at age 87. He was an amazing writer and his voice will be greatly missed. I think I will re-read his books to honour him.

RIP Mr. Saramago.

More info here : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertain...s/10352251.stm

josepinto · 06-18-2010, 09:30 AM

Hi,

It is a great loss to Portugal.
He was our only Nobel of Literature.

José Pinto

zelda_pinwheel · 06-18-2010, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by josepinto

Hi,

It is a great loss to Portugal.
He was our only Nobel of Literature.

José Pinto

a great loss to Portugal, and to the entire world, and all litterature. He was a great author.

omk3 · 06-18-2010, 09:40 AM

Oh no! One of my favourite authors of all time, his death is certainly a great loss to the entire world and literature. I've read his books in both Greek and Portuguese (struggling, it's true), and I have enjoyed every word and every one of his extra-long sentences. A great mind indeed. RIP.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-18-2010, 09:42 AM

I envy you reading them in portuguese. i wish i could. i've read them in french and now i think i'll read them in english since i don't think the ebooks are available in french (alas). truly a great mind, as you say.

DDHarriman · 06-18-2010, 02:00 PM

Hi josepinto

Saramago is not the unique Portuguese Nobel Prize, before him Egaz Moniz won the Nobel Prize in 1949 in Physiology or Medicine “for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses".

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Egas_Moniz
and
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/m...949/index.html

Best regards,

Sonist · 06-18-2010, 03:43 PM

Sad. He was one of the most enchanting story-tellers of his generation.

Moejoe · 06-18-2010, 04:33 PM

I picked up 'Seeing' by Saramago just a few days ago. I think now would be the most apt time to read that book.

R.I.P.

Tony Szmuk · 06-18-2010, 11:26 PM

I think that Saramago's Gospel According to Jesus Christ is the best novel I've read in the last decade. He was a great writer and a great man. I heard the news about his death an hour ago, on the radio in my car. I felt like I just lost a dear friend.

Andanzas · 06-19-2010, 02:17 AM

Please stop spreading false rumors. Saramago hasn't died. He can't die. He is not the kind of person who dies.

I read him for the first time when I was still a teenager. He will always be one of my favorite writers.

06-18-2010, 09:28 AM	#1
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	RIP Jose Saramago One of my favourite authors, 1998 Nobel prizewinner Jose Saramago, has died at age 87. He was an amazing writer and his voice will be greatly missed. I think I will re-read his books to honour him. RIP Mr. Saramago. More info here : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertain...s/10352251.stm

06-18-2010, 09:30 AM	#2
josepinto Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2005 Device: Nokia 5320	A great loss to Portugal Hi, It is a great loss to Portugal. He was our only Nobel of Literature. José Pinto

06-18-2010, 04:33 PM	#8
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	I picked up 'Seeing' by Saramago just a few days ago. I think now would be the most apt time to read that book. R.I.P. Last edited by Moejoe; 06-18-2010 at 04:45 PM. Reason: typo

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Andanzas Out of print Posts: 484 Karma: 1549538 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Sony PRS-500 (recycled), Pocketbook Inkpad X Pro	Please stop spreading false rumors. Saramago hasn't died. He can't die. He is not the kind of person who dies. I read him for the first time when I was still a teenager. He will always be one of my favorite writers.

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