tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087565.post117005027776953190..comments2023-10-24T07:06:36.815-07:00Comments on Small Precautions: Claudio GuillenNilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04220861634503974376noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087565.post-9392737444780770112007-03-30T06:49:00.000-07:002007-03-30T06:49:00.000-07:00No te conozco, pero yo también conocí a tu tío Cla...No te conozco, pero yo también conocí a tu tío Claudio, pero sobre todo, y bien, a su hermana, Teresa. <BR/><BR/>Jorge Guillén estuvo siempre muy cercano a mi abuelo, Emilio Gómez Orbaneja, por su amistad de Valladolid durante la 2º república, trato que mantuvieron durante todo el exilio de Jorge. <BR/><BR/>visita si quieres<BR/>http://www.andresmartinez.es/index.php?id=9&l=1#marca_127<BR/><BR/>donde me refiero a Claudio, al que siempre he admirado intelectualmente igual o casi más que a su padre. <BR/><BR/>Saludos cordiales, en todo caso, y hasta pronto. <BR/><BR/>AndrésAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087565.post-30084224558072350492007-02-26T16:01:00.000-08:002007-02-26T16:01:00.000-08:00I was never sure Claudie was ever exactly at peace...I was never sure Claudie was ever exactly at peace, until his last decade or so, when I think his wife Margarita and the general mellowing of old age finally brought him a measure of equanimity which I don't remember him having when I was younger.<BR/><BR/>Claudie was certainly an impetuous person in many ways, a character trait no doubt encouraged by his combination of intellectual brilliance, charisma, and over-the-top good looks. (Someone in the obit even comments on what a handsome man he was.) These assets provided amply opportunities to make mistakes in life, and being human, he didn't always avoid those mistakes.<BR/><BR/>But the main thing I will remember about him is that he was a man of tremendous humanity, and this was reflected both in his personal interactions with people, where he always generous and charitable, and in his intellectual production, which was always about finding common ground in the positive. I remember in particular a comment he made once, explaining why he didn't like a certain scholar's critical efforts. He asked, "Why would you spend time reading much less writing about literature you think is poor? There is so much great literature, and so much of it underappreciated, that it seems a misplaced effort to write about things one deems others to have overvalued." This struck me as not only a good way to think about the calling of a professor of literature, but also as the right way to regard life: affirm what it is good, rather than dwell in what is negative. As Nietzsche suggested, one's only form of nay-saying should be to look away.Nilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04220861634503974376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087565.post-1171311397284015702007-02-12T12:16:00.000-08:002007-02-12T12:16:00.000-08:00An example of multidimensional understanding and a...An example of multidimensional understanding and at the same time of universal wit. Did he find a peaceful place to reconcile the two?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087565.post-1170192566303293612007-01-30T13:29:00.000-08:002007-01-30T13:29:00.000-08:00Sorry to hear about your uncle. Don't try transla...Sorry to hear about your uncle. Don't try translating this with babelfish -- unless you like reading an obit as translated by a drunk schizophrenic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087565.post-1170139212347463152007-01-29T22:40:00.000-08:002007-01-29T22:40:00.000-08:00My condolences on the loss of your uncle. He was o...My condolences on the loss of your uncle. He was obviously a very great man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com