José Saramago

    José Saramago

    November 16, 1922 (102 years old) in Azinhaga, Santarém, Portugal

    José de Sousa Saramago was a Portugese author and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic human factor.

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