RIP Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[soflabbwlvr]

One of the greatest authors of the 20th century and one of my personal favorites passed away yesterday at the age of 87. NYT

Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian novelist whose “One Hundred Years of Solitude” established him as a giant of 20th-century literature, died on Thursday at his home in Mexico City. He was 87.

Cristóbal Pera, his former editor at Random House, confirmed the death. Mr. García Márquez learned he had lymphatic cancer in 1999, and a brother said in 2012 that he had developed senile dementia.

Mr. García Márquez, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, wrote fiction rooted in a mythical Latin American landscape of his own creation, but his appeal was universal. His books were translated into dozens of languages. He was among a select roster of canonical writers — Dickens, Tolstoy and Hemingway among them — who were embraced both by critics and by a mass audience.

“Each new work of his is received by expectant critics and readers as an event of world importance,” the Swedish Academy of Letters said in awarding him the Nobel.

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“One Hundred Years of Solitude” would sell tens of millions of copies. The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda called it “the greatest revelation in the Spanish language since ‘Don Quixote.’ ” The novelist William Kennedy hailed it as “the first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race.”

 

[patientlee]

One of the greatest authors of the 20th century and one of my personal favorites passed away yesterday at the age of 87. NYT

Love in the Time of Cholera- one of my favorites.

 

[Aynmair]

Love in the Time of Cholera- one of my favorites.

And mine - what a unique voice.

 

[headdoctor]

I was entirely undone when I read "100 Years" the first time. And the second time as well. I also love "Chronicle of a Death Foretold." Great writer. RIP indeed.

 

[lovecraft68]

Ten bucks says pilot posts that he met and edited for him.

Double or nothing he says marquez told him he was influenced by him

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Never heard of him till now. Gotta be an obscure perfesser from Lower Slobovia with an affirmative action Nobel Prize for Poems no one ever read.

 

[Aynmair]

Never heard of him till now. Gotta be an obscure perfesser from Lower Slobovia with an affirmative action Nobel Prize for Poems no one ever read.

Being ignorant is a correctible problem; reveling in it is much worse.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Being ignorant is a correctible problem; reveling in it is much worse.

Toni Morrison impressed me, too, plus all those other 3rd World Wonders.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

He was a socialist. Of course you people love him. LMAO

 

[Aynmair]

He was a socialist. Of course you people love him. LMAO

Have you been on the "Major item" thread much? Hard to imagine >90% of the posters as socialist.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Have you been on the "Major item" thread much? Hard to imagine >90% of the posters as socialist.

Socialists are the Liberal Democrat Flavor of the Month, and laughed at by most of the world.

 

[lovecraft68]

Have you been on the "Major item" thread much? Hard to imagine >90% of the posters as socialist.

Happens when people elect one.

 

[AMoveableBeast]

Never heard of him till now. Gotta be an obscure perfesser from Lower Slobovia with an affirmative action Nobel Prize for Poems no one ever read.

I believe you should show respect when any renowned author dies. If not out of admiration or respect, then out of simple fraternity. There are few enough left to let any of them pass with only a handful of dirt and a Hail Mary. Make speeches, celebrate our victories. We've got to make use of the stage when we get it these days, our intermissions are wider and more frequent with every new reality TV show. Soon, writers will be talked about in the same way as jazz musicians: something that used to exist, a part of a bygone era. Even though the art may persist, too few will listen to make it culturally significant.

Let us sing our greats off fondly while we have the chance.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I believe you should show respect when any renowned author dies. If not out of admiration or respect, then out of simple fraternity. There are few enough left to let any of them pass with only a handful of dirt and a Hail Mary. Make speeches, celebrate our victories. We've got to make use of the stage when we get it these days, our intermissions are wider and more frequent with every new reality TV show. Soon, writers will be talked about in the same way as jazz musicians: something that used to exist, a part of a bygone era. Even though the art may persist, too few will listen to make it culturally significant.

Let us sing our greats off fondly while we have the chance.

I don't give a fuck what you think of socialist 3rd world dwarfs. He got a free ride from a squad of Scandinavian numbnutz.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

I don't give a fuck what you think of socialist 3rd world dwarfs. He got a free ride from a squad of Scandinavian numbnutz.

Your ignorance is exceeded only by your bitterness. You are a vile little man.

 

[Hypoxia]

Your ignorance is exceeded only by your bitterness. You are a vile little man.

You are feeding the troll.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Your ignorance is exceeded only by your bitterness. You are a vile little man.

Youre right but it doesn't change the relevant facts, no one who matters ever heard of the guy till he died. He was, at best, the PC flavor of the month.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Youre right but it doesn't change the relevant facts, no one who matters ever heard of the guy till he died. He was, at best, the PC flavor of the month.

And once again you demonstrate just how small you and your world truly are. It's a pity no one ever taught you "better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

And once again you demonstrate just how small you and your world truly are. It's a pity no one ever taught you "better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."

Since when does JBJ give a shit what LIT thinks? Laurel pays me a fortune to keep you bums awake and outta the restrooms.