Wednesday May 16, 2012
Novelist wrote with a social conscience
Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83.
I REMEMBER / HARALD BOHNE
Ian Montagnes of Port Hope, Ont., remembers Harald Bohne, who died on Feb. 29. Harald Bohne made two important contributions to Canadian publishing that were not mentioned in the fine obituary.
I REMEMBER / BILL TROW
Pat Trant remembers Bill Trow, who died on March 3.Bill and Lucie Trow were good friends and neighbours of my late wife and mine after they moved to Thornhill in the early sixties. Such was their unassuming kindness and generosity that it was years before we learned that Bill had become a global and renowned operator in his field of geotechnical engineering.