Sad News - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/18/jose-saramago-dead-nobel_n_617128.html LISBON, Portugal — Jose Saramago, who became the first Portuguese-language winner of the Nobel Literature prize although his popularity at home was dampened by his unflinching support for Communism, blunt manner and sometimes difficult prose style, died Friday.
Saramago, 87, died at his home in Lanzarote, one of Spain's Canary Islands, of multi-organ failure after a long illness, the Jose Saramago Foundation said.
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EE's Book Chat read his book "Death With Interruptions --
http://evileditorsgallimaufry.blogspot.com/2006/02/jose-saramagodeath-with-interruptions.html
Sad News -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/18/jose-saramago-dead-nobel_n_617128.html
LISBON, Portugal — Jose Saramago, who became the first Portuguese-language winner of the Nobel Literature prize although his popularity at home was dampened by his unflinching support for Communism, blunt manner and sometimes difficult prose style, died Friday.
Saramago, 87, died at his home in Lanzarote, one of Spain's Canary Islands, of multi-organ failure after a long illness, the Jose Saramago Foundation said.
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