José Saramago (1935 - 18th June 2010)
Considered by Harold Bloom as the "most gifted novelist alive in the world today" Saramago has combined in his work history of Portugal, myths and surrealistic imagination. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998.
José Saramago was born in Azinhaga, a small village in the province of Ribatejo. In 1924, Saramago's family moved to Lisbon, where his father started working as a policeman. A few months later, his brother Francisco died. Although Saramago was a good student, due to financial problems, he was forced to leave school in order to earn his living. Saramago was educated as a technician, and before becoming a journalist, translator, and writer, he did a number of manual jobs.
He joined in 1969 the Communist Party of Portugal, which was forbidden during the military dictatorship, but he also criticized the party. In the 1970s Saramago supported himself mostly by translation works, and since 1979 he has devoted himself entirely to writing. The author was living on the Canary Islands when he died on 18th June 2010.
Below we can find a list of some of his works.
(Many of his works have been translated into many different languages)
Prose
Memorial do Convento: romance. Ed. Caminho, 1982, Círculo de Leitores, 1984 (English)
O ano da morte de Ricardo Reis: romance. Ed. Caminho, 1984
A jangada de pedra: romance. Ed. Caminho 1986, Círculo de Leitores, 1987 (English)
História do cerco de Lisboa: romance. Ed. Caminho, 1989
O evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo: romance. Ed. Caminho, 1991 (English)
Ensaio sobre a cegueira: romance. Ed. Caminho, 1995
Todos os nomes: romance. Ed. Caminho, 1997
Terra do Pecado : romance. 1947. 2. ed. Lisboa : Caminho, 1997
O conto da Ilha Desconhecida / desenhos: Pedro Cabrita Reis. Lisboa : Assírio & Alvim, 1997
A caverna : romance. Lisboa : Caminho, 2000
O homem duplicado : romance. Lisboa : Caminho, 2002
Ensaio sobre a Lucidez : romance. Lisboa : Caminho, 2004
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