Jose Saramago is Dead

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Fri, 06/18/2010 - 08:27

xec8

Godder than God

From: The Pearly Gates

Joined: 04/26/2005

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For those of you who cannot read Portuguese, the article says Saramago died today at the age of 87.

He was one of Portugal's greatest writers, and a Nobel laureate.

I will update this thread once they publish an English article about it.

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Fri, 06/18/2010 - 08:47

MiggityMcWilly

Master of his own Domain

From: Oakland, CA

Joined: 10/08/2009

I never read Blindness but I always meant to.

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Fri, 06/18/2010 - 11:42

PGoutis01

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From: Michigan

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Man that sucks. He had a style that was kinda hard to get into (at least for me), but once you got used to it - his prose was amazing.

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188416 wrote:

Nachos, every day! Dying sounds great, I don't know why people get so upset about it.

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 12:07

_kit

DILLIGAF

From: NYC

Joined: 05/10/2010

I've only read one of his books (The Double), and I hated it. Maybe I just picked the wrong one?

Still, multiple organ failure is a pretty awful way to go. RIP.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/18/jose-saramago-dead-nobel_n_6171...

Fri, 06/18/2010 - 15:07

tourist_information

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aww geez Sad
rest in peace.

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Fri, 06/18/2010 - 16:30

littlemissmcrapey

From: Dixie

Joined: 12/09/2007

Very sad to hear this. Sad Blindness was... well, amazing.

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Fri, 06/18/2010 - 16:44

xec8

Godder than God

From: The Pearly Gates

Joined: 04/26/2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/magazine/26saramago-t.html?_r=3&oref=s...

This is a great article on Saramago.

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Sat, 06/19/2010 - 09:55

mirka

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From: Tangled up in Blue

Joined: 02/27/2003

New York Times obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/books/19saramago.html?src=me&ref=gener...

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Sat, 06/19/2010 - 12:38

nathaniel parker

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From: Outer spiral arm of Milky Way

Joined: 06/24/2005

weird. for some reason when Blindness was all popular there, I had thought this guy was only in his 40's.
I guess I was sorta right. at one time he was in his forties. still sad to read.

Tue, 06/22/2010 - 04:32

islas_malvinas

From: Bakersfield, California

Joined: 06/22/2010

Great man! Rest in Peace!