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José Saramago (1922–2010)

Writer | Actor | Miscellaneous Crew

Trivia:

He was raised mostly by his rural grandparents, while his parents looked for work in Lisbon. He credited his illiterate grandparents with instilling in him a love of folklore and fantasy, and respect for nature. See more trivia »

Born:

José de Sousa Saramago
in Azinhaga, Golega, Portugal

Died:

(age 87) in Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain
José Saramago in José and Pilar José Saramago in José and Pilar José Saramago and Pilar del Río in José and Pilar José Saramago, Miguel Gonçalves Mendes and Pilar del Río in José and Pilar José Saramago, Miguel Gonçalves Mendes and Pilar del Río in José and Pilar Fernando Meirelles and José Saramago in José and Pilar
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2013 An Enemy (novel) (post-production)
 
2010 Embargo (novel)
 
2008 Blindness (novel "Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira")
 
2007 A Flor máis grande do mundo (short) (based on a short story by)
 
2002 The Stone Raft (novel)
 
1980 Que Farei Com Este Livro? (TV movie) (play)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2007 A Flor máis grande do mundo (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2004 Alzados del suelo (documentary) (text)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1995 Suspiros de España (y Portugal) (dedicatee)
 
Show ShowSelf (45 titles)
2010 José and Pilar (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Oscar Niemeyer - A Vida É Um Sopro (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Els matins a TV3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.64 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 En noches como ésta (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.9 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 March 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Miradas 2 (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 March 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Página 2 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.17 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Caia Quem Caia (TV series)
Himself (2008) (uncredited)
 
2008 CQC - Custe o Que Custar (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.38 (2008) … Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 A Vision of Blindness (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Pateras (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Jesús de Polanco: el hombre que miraba lejos (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Qwerty (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.12 (2007) … Himself
 
2005-2007 Estravagario (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 March 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 April 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2007 Buenas noches, bienvenidos (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 March 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Diario de la noche (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 January 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 El escarabajo verde (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 January 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Fernando Lopes-Graça (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Ever Again (documentary)
Himself - Nobel Prize Winning Novelist
 
2006 Ceremonia de clausura - 54º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Palabras verdaderas
Himself
 
2006 Andalucía te quiere (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Noche Hache (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.47 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Contact, l'encyclopédie de la création (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Alexandria (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 December 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2001-2004 Continuarà... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 September 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 February 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
1998-2004 Negro sobre blanco (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 June 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 March 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
2004 La mandrágora (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 June 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 José Saramago en la UNAM. Entrega de medalla Isidro Fabela (TV short)
Himself
 
2004 Cátedra José Saramago (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Bestseller (TV series)
Himself - Author
– Bestseller Samtalen - José Saramago (2003) … Himself - Author
– Episode #10.3 (2003) … Himself - Author
 
2003 La mirada crítica (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 January 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2002 Língua - Vidas em Português (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Janela da Alma (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 La noche abierta (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 March 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Em Busca da Ilha Desconhecida (documentary)
Himself
 
1999-2001 Caiga quien caiga (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 January 2001 (2001) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 March 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1995 Acontece (TV series)
Himself (1999)
 
1999 Além Mar (TV mini-series)
Himself (1999)
 
1998 Avisa'ns quan arribi el 2000 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.19 (1998) … Himself
 
1996 Falatório (TV series)
Himself (1997)
 
1996 Lo + plus (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 June 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Saramago (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Escrita em Dia (TV series)
Himself
 
1992 Prémios Bordalo 1991 (TV movie)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2007-2008 La nit al dia (TV series)
 
2008 Catalunya.cat (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Memòries de la tele (TV series)
 
2006 X premios de la música (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 Bestseller (TV series)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

"A Jangada de Pedra" (novel, 1986) See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Interviews  | 7 Articles  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[In 2007 in an interview with New York Times about being fired from the Deputy Editor of the Lisbon newspaper, "Diario De Noticias" because of his leftist views] Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer. See more »

Trivia:

He was raised mostly by his rural grandparents, while his parents looked for work in Lisbon. He credited his illiterate grandparents with instilling in him a love of folklore and fantasy, and respect for nature. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio