Fuentes left his post as Mexicos ambassador 1968 after the massacre of Tlatelolco where more than 300 students were killed in a night. He was a true humanist. Paz and he differed in political opinions but respected each other deeply. Thanks for caring, Fung! Ana
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:49 AM, Fung-Lin Hall <[email protected]>wrote: > You saw him twice.. wonderful. I added NYtimes obit.. it did mention > his friendship with Octavio Paz.. they collaborated but drifted apart. > Octavio won the Nobel and Fuentes did not. Fuentes was independent. I > expected him to live to be 100 so I was very surprised. > Thank you Ana. > > Such a loss, a great writer and a nice man. I met him in Stockholm > > twice. Sad he never got the Nobel award, he was worth. > > Ana > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- http://writings-escrituras.tumblr.com/ http://maraya.tumblr.com/ http://www.twitter.com/caravia158 http://www.scoop.it/t/art-and-activism/ http://www.scoop.it/t/food-history-and-trivia http://www.scoop.it/t/gender-issues/ http://www.scoop.it/t/literary-exiles/ http://www.scoop.it/t/museums-and-ethics/ http://www.scoop.it/t/urbanism-3-0 http://www.scoop.it/t/postcolonial-mind/ cell Sweden +4670-3213370 cell Uruguay +598-99470758 "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will always long to return. — Leonardo da Vinci
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