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José de Sousa Saramago GColSE GColCa (Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ ðɨ ˈsozɐ sɐɾɐˈmaɣu]; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese writer. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to ...
Jun 14, 2024 · José Saramago (born November 16, 1922, Azinhaga, Portugal—died June 18, 2010, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain) was a Portuguese novelist and man of letters who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. The son of rural labourers, Saramago grew up in great poverty in Lisbon.
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1998 was awarded to José Saramago "who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality"
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- June 18, 2010
- November 16, 1922
- Blindness by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator)
- Death with Interruptions.
- The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator)
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Biografia. José Saramago, anos 70 ©Arquivo FJS/Direitos Reservados. Autobiografia. Nasci numa família de camponeses sem terra, em Azinhaga, uma pequena povoação situada na província do Ribatejo, na margem direita do rio Almonda, a uns cem quilómetros a nordeste de Lisboa. Meus pais chamavam-se José de Sousa e Maria da Piedade.
Autobiography. I was born in a family of landless peasants, in Azinhaga, a small village located in the province of Ribatejo, on the right bank of the river Almonda, some hundred kilometers northeast of Lisbon. My parents were called José de Sousa and Maria da Piedade.
Jun 18, 2010 · Learn about the life and work of José Saramago, the Portuguese author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his allegorical and compassionate writing. Find out how he blended dialog and narration, and how he challenged society with his fanciful and critical novels.
