Talk:José Saramago

message: I've moved the "Anti-semitism" text  below, since i think that Saramago's quotes and Bibliography are far more important in an Encyclopedia.
--Joaop 20:31, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't take a critical essay to understand that such a description of Saramago's works is totally misleading, and factually false. It just sounds like a slur for ideological reasons. You just read his books and you understand that those lines talk about somebody else, not Saramago. Given Saramago's comments on Israel, one might suspect that people who support Israeli policy towards Palestinians may dislike the idea that a Nobel-prize winning author expressed such ideas--hence, the writer must be belittled. Which is a dishonest way to comment on a writer. Besides, I'd like to detach the part about Saramago's comments on Israel with a sub-title, which might be "Controversy"--something that has been done in many other articles--instead of leaving it in the Biography section.--213.140.21.227 (talk) 08:59, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old discussion 

message: I couldn't find a source for the following:
his publication of Baltasar and Blimunda in 1988 brought him to the attention of an English-speaking readership. This novel won the Portuguese PEN Club Award.
Anyone else?
Judith24 15:26, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Nobel prize bio-/bibliogragphy says he gained international recognition after his publication of Baltasar and Blimunda, which is perhaps even better :-) I changed it. /SvNH 21:51, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  source required 

message: Now Saramago appears to be a very controversial person, the controversies section is  almost as large as that on his work. Imho this does not give a fair description of the subject (cf. WP:UNDUE), and I think we should remove some of it - at least until other sections are extended. I removed the unsourced "Auschwitz" statement. /SvNH 21:51, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversies 

message: Being the most powerful force when it comes to literary criticism, I was wondering if it is worth mentioning either of these two Bloom quotes--one being a reinforcement of the 'best living novelist' title and another of negative criticism:
“Saramago’s novels are endlessly inventive, endlessly good-natured, endlessly skillful,”
“but it baffles me why the man can’t grow up politically. In 2007, to be a Portuguese Stalinist means you’re simply not living in the real world.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/magazine/26saramago-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Neither quote may be detailed or descriptive enough to be worth adding, but I was just wondering.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmiller0167 (talk • contribs) 06:19, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Just because Bloom—a reactionary has-been who long ago capitulated to the journalistic pleasures of platitudinism, and a hardly a "powerful force" in criticism—says something in favor of or against Saramago doesn't make it true or notable.-FM (talk) 13:35, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'd say that calling a libertarian communist a Stalinist is enough to raise a few eyebrows in itself. Zazaban (talk) 18:48, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes indeed. Saramago personally opposed Stalinism and authoritarian communism, so to call him one is a bit rich. ValenShephard (talk) 04:25, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bloom's Critisism 

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