1998
José Saramago – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
(English translation) Majesties, Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed today exactly 50 years ago. There is no lack of ceremonial commemorations. The attention fades, you know. When serious matters emerge the public interest starts to diminish, the next day even. I hold nothing against these…
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José Saramago – Prose
Prose
Memorial do Convento Romance Portuguese A gora, sim, podem partir. O padre Bartolomeu Lourenço olha o espaço celeste descoberto, sem nuvens, o sol que parece uma custódia de ouro, depois Baltasar que segura a corda com que se fecharão as velas, depois Blimunda, prouvera que adivinhassem os seus olhos o futuro, Encomendemo-nos ao Deus que…
moreJosé Saramago – Prosa
Prose
Utdrag ur Baltasar och Blimunda Swedish N u är de klara för avfärd. Fader Bartolomeu Lourenço tittar rakt upp på den molnfria himlen, solen ser ut som en gyllene monstrans, sedan tittar han på Baltasar som tar ett stadigt grepp om repet med vilket de skall reva seglen, sedan på Blimunda, ack om hennes ögon…
moreAmartya Sen – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, More than two millennia ago, the poet Horace said, “It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.” Well, I plead silliness in taking this to be the right moment. Here is my first silly thought. Disciplinary boundaries can generate giddy suspicions. Physicists…
moreAmartya Sen – Prize Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Lecture to the memory of Alfred Nobel, December 8, 1998 The Possibility of Social Choice Pdf 2.34 MB
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