Comments on: Mourning Justo Vasco http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:52:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Reborn Dolls For Sale http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-591170 Reborn Dolls For Sale Fri, 23 May 2008 17:25:05 +0000 http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-591170 <strong>Reborn Dolls For Sale...</strong> I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.... Reborn Dolls For Sale…

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]]> By: Elena Aguilar http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-87253 Elena Aguilar Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:53:19 +0000 http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-87253 I met Justo Vasco in Havana - he was brilliant and warm and shed great insight into the Cuban world for me - There's an error in your article though because I was there in 93-94 and I definitely met him in 1993, so he didn't leave in 92. I met Justo Vasco in Havana - he was brilliant and warm and shed great insight into the Cuban world for me - There’s an error in your article though because I was there in 93-94 and I definitely met him in 1993, so he didn’t leave in 92.

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I immediately sensed this was an extraordinary man, with a very funny Cuban humor, and an extraordinarily wide set of interests and talents.
Years later, I recognized him as one of the best translators of Russian (Soviet) literature, who was often published in the magazine Soviet Literature (in Spanish) and through his work I learned about the once banned poets and writers, that were finally published during the Perestroika…
I also enjoyed his police and espionage stories and novels, including his collaboration with Daniel Chavarría.
Cuban literature has lost another wonderful author…
I agree with Paco Ignacio: He will always be alive for me in his work and in my memories.

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]]> By: Cristina http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-27540 Cristina Thu, 02 Feb 2006 23:34:21 +0000 http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-27540 No voy a entrar en otras cosas. Simplemente señalar para los que lo queremos que Justo no murió triste. Fue feliz hasta el último momento. Doy fe. No voy a entrar en otras cosas. Simplemente señalar para los que lo queremos que Justo no murió triste. Fue feliz hasta el último momento. Doy fe.

]]> By: Beatriz Hernández http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-27523 Beatriz Hernández Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:48:55 +0000 http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-27523 Una vez más vemos partir a alguien admirado, el caso de Justo Enrique Vasco, querido por muchas personas aquí en Cuba como intelectual y sobretodo como ser humano, lo recuerdo lleno de vitalidad, de alegría de vivir, en aquellos Talleres Literarios en su Habana que lo vio nacer. La Habana que recogió toda su obra más importante, sus novelas que lo dieron a conocer al mundo y su abundante trabajo de traducciones de obras de la literatura rusa. Lo que lamento es que algunos artículos aparecidos en la prensa a raíz de su muerte y escritos por amigos muestren tanto desconocimiento acerca de su vida, es como si quisieran eclipsar la etapa de su vida en que mas brilló, en que vivió para dar su talento a los que vinieran luego. Incluso la última novela que editó ¨ Mirando Espero ¨ nació, como su hijo Enrique en su pequeño pero acogedor apartamento del Vedado habanero, un hogar que permanecía con las puertas abiertas a los amigos e incluso a los solamente conocidos. Considero que la última etapa de su vida, con perdón de otros que estuvieron mas cerca de él en esos últimos años después de 1995 en que decidió residir en otras tierras, no tuvo el vigor creador y fructífero que le caracterizaba. Amor sentiremos siempre cuando desempolvemos uno de sus libros y recordemos su voz y su alegría. Una vez más vemos partir a alguien admirado, el caso de Justo Enrique Vasco, querido por muchas personas aquí en Cuba como intelectual y sobretodo como ser humano, lo recuerdo lleno de vitalidad, de alegría de vivir, en aquellos Talleres Literarios en su Habana que lo vio nacer. La Habana que recogió toda su obra más importante, sus novelas que lo dieron a conocer al mundo y su abundante trabajo de traducciones de obras de la literatura rusa.
Lo que lamento es que algunos artículos aparecidos en la prensa a raíz de su muerte y escritos por amigos muestren tanto desconocimiento acerca de su vida, es como si quisieran eclipsar la etapa de su vida en que mas brilló, en que vivió para dar su talento a los que vinieran luego. Incluso la última novela que editó ¨ Mirando Espero ¨ nació, como su hijo Enrique en su pequeño pero acogedor apartamento del Vedado habanero, un hogar que permanecía con las puertas abiertas a los amigos e incluso a los solamente conocidos.
Considero que la última etapa de su vida, con perdón de otros que estuvieron mas cerca de él en esos últimos años después de 1995 en que decidió residir en otras tierras, no tuvo el vigor creador y fructífero que le caracterizaba.
Amor sentiremos siempre cuando desempolvemos uno de sus libros y recordemos su voz y su alegría.

]]> By: Maria Victoria Matias http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-27227 Maria Victoria Matias Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:43:10 +0000 http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-27227 Fui la esposa de Justo por 25 años, casi toda la vida, y vivo en Cuba. Es exacto todo eso que dicen para hacer entretenidos sus blog? Han estado alguna vez en la piel de los acontecimientos y no en la orilla, tanto Cooper como Taibo? Pobre Justo que murió tan triste y lejos de su Habana! Fui la esposa de Justo por 25 años, casi toda la vida, y vivo en Cuba.
Es exacto todo eso que dicen para hacer entretenidos sus blog?
Han estado alguna vez en la piel de los acontecimientos y no en la orilla, tanto Cooper como Taibo?
Pobre Justo que murió tan triste y lejos de su Habana!

]]> By: Rafe http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-27133 Rafe Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:02:04 +0000 http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-27133 Marc, For those readers who can't read Spanish, I've taken the liberty of translating Taibo's elegy to Justo Rafe ____________________________________ The rage goes on. For all the times you've told me that no one really dies completely if he's remembered, you still read it. And I remember a good man, very leftist, who thought that the world should be better; a man who was encyclopedic, illustrious, rational, atheist, and belligerent; who turned on a radio, a light, or a television each time he entered a room, so as to revenge himself in Gijon against the electric scarcities of Havana...a humorous and generous man. Remember my friend...not as he was, but as he is, and continues to be. Is that not right, Justo Vasco? Marc,

For those readers who can’t read Spanish, I’ve taken the liberty of translating Taibo’s elegy to Justo

Rafe

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The rage goes on. For all the times you’ve told me that no one really dies completely if he’s remembered, you still read it. And I remember a good man, very leftist, who thought that the world should be better; a man who was encyclopedic, illustrious, rational, atheist, and belligerent; who turned on a radio, a light, or a television each time he entered a room, so as to revenge himself in Gijon against the electric scarcities of Havana…a humorous and generous man.

Remember my friend…not as he was, but as he is, and continues to be.

Is that not right, Justo Vasco?

]]> By: Michael N. Escobar http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-27056 Michael N. Escobar Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:22:17 +0000 http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-27056 That's a lovely eulogy from Taibo... I don't know Vasco's work, so I would have loved some links or excerpts from his works. I do think that everyone in Cuba has benefited from the Revolution. Some more than others, of course. Healthcare and education, etc. That’s a lovely eulogy from Taibo… I don’t know Vasco’s work, so I would have loved some links or excerpts from his works.

I do think that everyone in Cuba has benefited from the Revolution. Some more than others, of course. Healthcare and education, etc.

]]> By: Randy Paul http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-26873 Randy Paul Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:31:21 +0000 http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-26873 <i>He became the full-time coordinator of Paco’s yearly Semana Negra literary festival.</i> An event I would love to attend or be the proverbial fly on the wall. Condolences for your loss, Marc. Que pena. He became the full-time coordinator of Paco’s yearly Semana Negra literary festival.

An event I would love to attend or be the proverbial fly on the wall.

Condolences for your loss, Marc.

Que pena.

]]> By: Woody http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-26862 Woody Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:09:14 +0000 http://marccooper.com/mourning-justo-vasco/#comment-26862 Sorry for the loss of your friend. It was an interesting and full life that Justo Vasco led. Age 62 is too young to leave, especially when you have more to contribute to the world. Although I used my usual awful translation site for your final words to him, I got the gist of it and know that he was special. Justo's disillusionment with Castro is likely shared by almost all who initially supported him, and that disillusionment by someone so close to the initial movement should sent a message to those who support similar regimes starting in South America, as they will be face the same consequences and disappointments as the Cubans. Justo surely foresaw the eventual end of rule for Castro and maybe the end of a dictatorship in Cuba, and it would have been nice to get his thoughts when that happens--but, his writings may reflect that. It's nice of you to put this tribute to Justo up for us who didn't know him. Sorry for the loss of your friend. It was an interesting and full life that Justo Vasco led. Age 62 is too young to leave, especially when you have more to contribute to the world. Although I used my usual awful translation site for your final words to him, I got the gist of it and know that he was special.

Justo’s disillusionment with Castro is likely shared by almost all who initially supported him, and that disillusionment by someone so close to the initial movement should sent a message to those who support similar regimes starting in South America, as they will be face the same consequences and disappointments as the Cubans. Justo surely foresaw the eventual end of rule for Castro and maybe the end of a dictatorship in Cuba, and it would have been nice to get his thoughts when that happens–but, his writings may reflect that.

It’s nice of you to put this tribute to Justo up for us who didn’t know him.

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