Literature prize goes to 94-year-old 15-M protestors' role model

A 94-year-old writer, economist and humanist has skipped the generational gap to become the standard-bearer for Spain's disaffected youth. José Luis Sampedro is this year's winner of the National Literature Prize because of his defense of a "more human, more caring economy that is able to help develop people's dignity."

Sampedro, who says the terms "productivity, competitiveness and innovation" should be replaced with "distribution, cooperation and recreation," has turned into an intellectual and moral role model for the members of the 15-M movement (which inspired Occupy Wall Street and other social protests across the globe). The nonagenarian author and thinker gained recent notoriety among a younger audience by writing the foreword for the now-famous protest essay, Time for Outrage! by Stéphane Hessel, also 94 years old.