Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Nobel’

Never give up!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on February 27, 2020| Leave a Comment »

I am reading John Steinbeck’s Tortilla Flat. His first 3 novels netted him a grand total of $900, the publishers going broke during the Depression. His 1st book only sold 1,400 copies. He persevered. His next novel, Tortilla Flat, was a best seller. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize. not bad for an early failure!

Read Full Post »

Death of Magical Realism

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 18, 2014| 8 Comments »

Gabriel García Márquez, the Nobel Prize-winning author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Love in the Time of Cholera,” died April 17, age 87. Born in Columbia, he has been called the most influential Spanish novelist since Cervantes.

I first learned about him, because he popularized Magical Realism. RIP

Read Full Post »

%d bloggers like this: