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Born
José Saramago was born on the 16th November 1922 in Azinhaga, in the centre of Portugal. -
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José Saramago
He died on the 18th of June 2010 when he was 87 years old in Tías,Província de Las Palmas,Canárias, Spain. -
His birthplace & Lisbon
His parents and grandparents were farmers in Azinhaga, in the north-east of Lisbon. His parents went to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal when he was 2 years -
His youth
José Saramago at 18.
Although he was a good student, José had to leave school for financial reasons. He began working as a translator and a journalist for the paper Diário de Noticias. -
His books
Saramago's books This link shows you the books Saramago's wrote from 1947 to 2011.
He wrote mainly for adult people. However, he wrote a very famous book for children, that later you will know about it! -
First marriage
He eventually married Ilda Reis, with whom he had a daughter in 1947. -
His enumerous jobs
From1972 to 1973 he worked on the newspaper "Diário de Lisboa", where he ws a political critic and he also coordinated for about a year, the cultural suplement.
From then on he was a journalist, a novelist, he wrote theater plays and essays, a poet and a writer, -
The author
As he was unemployed, he took the biggest decision of his life - to spend his life writing, but first he worked as a translator and then as a writer and author. -
1986 - Meeting between Saramago & Pilar Del Rio
Saramago and Pilar Del Rio, met each other in 1986, when the journalist Pilar, after reading his book "Memorial do Convento", a book about the convent of Mafra. She decided to met him and later they married, she was 36 and he was 63, but they stood together until his death.They lived together in an Spanish island, Lanzarote. -
Camões Award
In 1995, José Saramago won the most important literary award, in the Portuguese Language - the Camões award. -
Literature Nobel Prize
José Saramago at the moment he was receiving the Nobel Prize by the hands of Carlos Gustavo, The King of Sweden.
Saramago was the only Portuguese writer that win the Nobel of Literature. -
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Died
He died on the 18th of June 2010 when he was 87 years old in Tías,Província de Las Palmas,Canárias, Spain.
