In October 1998 José Saramago became the first writer of the Portuguese-speaking world to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy's citation for Saramago called his novels "parables sustained by imagination, compassion, and...

(born Nov. 16, 1922, Azinhaga, Port.) 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. After holding a series of jobs as mechanic and...

(born Nov. 16, 1922, Azinhaga, Port.) Portuguese novelist. From a poor family, Saramago studied part-time while working in a welder's shop. Later he began working as a journalist and translator. He published his first novel, Country of Sin, in 1947....

José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE (pronounced [ʒuˈzɛ sɐɾɐˈmagu]; born November 16, 1922) is a Nobel-laureate Portuguese writer, playwright and journalist. His works commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the human...

A los poetas hay que leerlos en alta voz y eso es lo que hay que hacer con Saramago para poder alcanzar ese estado del espíritu donde el acorde intimista de su delicada y briosa voz se hace cósmica y coral epifanía del...

El premio Nobel a José Saramago ha revivido de manera inevitable el enojo del Vaticano por su novela El evangelio según Jesucristo que los modernos inquisidores condenaron por "blasfema" y por presentar "una visión sustancialmente antirreligiosa del mundo". Nada para extrañarse. Frecuentes son...

[In the following essay, Pontiero examines the major themes in O ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis.]

[In the following review, Gilmour finds The Stone Raft lacking in style and purpose.]

[In the following review, Howe finds Baltasar and Blimunda a complex and engaging story.]