José Saramago(1922-2010)

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José Saramago was born on 16 November 1922 in Azinhaga, Golega, Portugal. He was a writer, known for Enemy (2013), Blindness (2008) and O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo. He was previously married to Pilar del Río and Ilda Reis. He died on 18 June 2010 in Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.

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José Saramago and Pilar del Río in José e Pilar (2010)

Fernando Meirelles and José Saramago in José e Pilar (2010)

José Saramago, Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, and Pilar del Río in José e Pilar (2010)

Known for:

Enemy

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2013

Blindness

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2008

O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo

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Embargo

5.5

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2010

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1936 - O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis
- novel
- TV Mini Series
- 2022
Último Domingo
- novel
- Short
- 2022
O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis
- novel
- 2020
I riassuntini
- based on the novel by (2020)
- TV Series
- 2018
Clarabóia
- novel
- TV Movie
- 2018
Pastor de Sonhos
- inspired by the writings of
- Short
- 2016
Mata Nacional do Bussaco: Património Vivo, Natureza Mágica
- commentary by
- Short
- 2013
Enemy
- novel "The Double"
- 2013
Embargo
- novel
- 2010
Blindness
- novel "Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira"
- 2008
A Flor máis grande do mundo
- based on a short story by
- Short
- 2007
La balsa de piedra
- novel
- 2002
Por Longos Dias
- foreword: Book "Terra" by Sebastião Salgado
- Short
- 1999
Palavras Ditas
- poem Fala da Velha do Restelo ao Astronauta
- TV Series
- 1984
Que Farei Com Este Livro?
- play
- TV Movie
- 1981

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Born
- November 16, 1922
- Azinhaga, Golega, Portugal
Died
- June 18, 2010
- Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain(multiple organ failure)
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Other works
"O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo" (novel, 1991)
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- 3 Interviews
- 7 Articles

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Trivia
He was the first Portuguese writer to have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998.

Quotes
[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.