Jose saramago biography actualizada in english

José de Sousa Saramago, (pronounced|ʒuˈzɛ sɐɾɐˈmagu; born November 16, ; died June 18, ) was a Portuguesewriter, playwright and journalist.

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JOSE SARAMAGO is one of the most acclaimed writers in the world today.

Having written more than 40 titles, José Saramago was born in in a small village called Azinhaga.

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Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in He lived on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain.

Biography

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Saramago was born into a family of landless peasants in Azinhaga, Portugal, a small village in the province of Ribatejo some hundred kilometers north-east of Lisbon.

Saramago married Ilda Reis in Their only child, Violante, was born in Since , Saramago has been married to the Spanish journalist Pilar del Río, who is the official translator of his books into Spanish.

José Saramago was in his mid-fifties before he had international success; his novel Baltasar and Blimunda brought him an international readership.

This novel won the Portuguese PEN Club Award.

Saramago was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party from , until his death ^[1] as well as an atheist^[2