Jose Saramago was born on November 16, 1922 in Azinhaga, Portugal. Portuguese author and poet who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. His best-known works include The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (1991) and Blindness (1995).
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About
Portuguese author and poet who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. His best-known works include The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (1991) and Blindness (1995).
Before Fame
He attended technical school and briefly worked as a car mechanic before becoming an assistant Editor for the Portuguese newspaper, Diario de Noticias. He published his first work, Terra do Pecado (Land of Sin), in 1947.
Trivia
His novel, The Clairvoyant, was posthumously published in 2011.
Family Life
He was born to a peasant family in Azinhaga, Portugal. He and his wife, Pilar del Rio, had a daughter.
Associated With
He and Antonio Lobo Antunes are both famous Portuguese authors.
