Re: Douglas Kløvedal Lannark

[Thomas Eckhardt]

I knew Douglas as a kind, gentle and erudite man. It is very sad to hear 
that he has died.

Thank you, Clément.

Thomas



Am 31.05.2019 um 22:30 schrieb Clément Lévy:
> Douglas Kløvedal Lannark
> Født den 8.01.1944
> St. Paul, Minnesotta
> 
> The 16 of April 2019 Douglas died after a hard and long fight with his
> sickness. He made it to 75 and died in his danish home Maos Lyst,
> Copenhagen/Hellerup, DK.
> Douglas was remembered by his friends and relatives on the 5th of May at
> Maos Lyst, the community in Hellerup that he co-founded in 1968.
> Some of us who had the chance to meet Douglas in Valletta and Munich during
> the Pynchon weeks to which he took part were for sure mesmerized, as I was,
> by his deep inquiries into Pynchon's text and the heavens. As an astrologer
> and star gazer he not only showed us the Transit of Venus in June 2004 but
> also sent a wonderful letter every year in February or March in which he
> would explain the sense of the Chinese New Year on behalf of the year's
> animal and element as they are represented in Pynchon's novels.
> 
> Hail to the Doug', remember him!
>