Portuguese Nobel prize in Literature laureate in 1998 died today in his residence in Lanzarote, Spain from long term illness at the age of 87.
Born in 16th November 1922, in Azinhaga, small village in Golegâ, Portugal, José de Sousa Saramago; (November 16, 1922 – June 18, 2010) was a Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, playwright and journalist. His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the human factor. Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998. He founded the National Front for the Defense of Culture (Lisbon, 1992) with Freitas-Magalhães and others. In the last years of his life, he lived in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain.
a list of his works:
Bibliography
Title Year English title Year ISBN
Terra do Pecado 1947
Os Poemas Possíveis 1966
Provavelmente Alegria 1970
Deste Mundo e do Outro 1971
A Bagagem do Viajante 1973
As Opiniões que o DL teve 1974
O Ano de 1993 1975 The Year of 1993
Os Apontamentos 1976
Manual de Pintura e Caligrafia 1977 Manual of Painting and Calligraphy 1993 ISBN 1857540433
Objecto Quase 1978
Levantado do Chão 1980
Viagem a Portugal 1981 Journey to Portugal 2000 ISBN 0151005877
Memorial do Convento 1982 Baltasar and Blimunda 1987 ISBN 0151105553
O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis 1986 The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis 1991 ISBN 0151997357
A Jangada de Pedra 1986 The Stone Raft 1994 ISBN 0151851980
História do Cerco de Lisboa 1989 The History of the Siege of Lisbon 1996 ISBN 015100238X
O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo 1991 The Gospel According to Jesus Christ 1993 ISBN 0151367000
Ensaio sobre a Cegueira 1995 Blindness 1997 ISBN 0151002517
Todos os Nomes 1997 All the Names 1999 ISBN 0151004218
O Conto da Ilha Desconhecida 1997 The Tale of the Unknown Island 1999 ISBN 0151005958
A Caverna 2001 The Cave 2002 ISBN 0151004145
O Homem Duplicado 2003 The Double 2004 ISBN 0151010404
Ensaio sobre a Lucidez 2004 Seeing 2006 ISBN 0151012385
Don Giovanni ou o Dissoluto Absolvido 2005
As Intermitências da Morte 2005 Death with Interruptions 2008 ISBN 1846550203
As Pequenas Memórias 2006 Memories of my Youth
A Viagem do Elefante 2008 The Trip of the Elephant ISBN 9789722120173
Caim 2009 Cain
Saramago is the Paulo Coelho of those who like to think of themselves as the True World Elite, the self-proclaimed leftist intelligentsia, mostly a vulgar bunch of pretentious morons without a clue of the real world.
"Antes, na criação do Universo, Deus não fez nada. Depois, decidiu criar o Universo, não se sabe porquê, nem para quê. Fê-lo em seis dias, apenas seis dias. Descansou ao sétimo. Até hoje! Nunca mais fez nada!"
Overrated? Not a bit! He was genious... and he had opinions which he wanted to convey but not force them. he is not close to being my favourite portuguese writer, but he was trully genious.
He had a motive to bash Portugal, as his own country wasn't necessarily fair nor kind to him. This goes way back, way before the Nobel: the Sousa Lara days, that many here, seem to have forgotten.
But come to think of it, if I had to chose between Lanzarote and Lisbon to spend the rest of my days, I mean, I wouldn't give it much thought either.
Why on Earth should Portugal "be kind to him"? :shrug: what does that even mean in the first place :shrug: he was free to live where he wanted, Im not one to bash anyone for his choice of place but his endless platitude about oh-how-bad-"my country"-treats-me was tiresome and divesque. What the hell, what should have "his country" done? what DID HE DO for his country? all he was interested was in licking his friend dictators asses (what a moral icon, FFS, an apologist of a bloody communist monster like Castro) and cultivating his own overinflated ego.
Oh pls. don't get me started, let the man rest in peace, I say again.
And yes, this is a free forum and no one is gonna dictate anyone what to say and where if it is within the site rules, thank you.
Oh yes, and I rather Lisbon than Lanzarote like 1000 million times, I'd die of boredom in Lanzarote after two weeks.
Why on Earth should Portugal "be kind to him"? :shrug: what does that even mean in the first place :shrug: he was free to live where he wanted, Im not one to bash anyone for his choice of place but his endless platitude about oh-how-bad-"my country"-treats-me was tiresome and divesque. What the hell, what should have "his country" done? what DID HE DO for his country? all he was interested was in licking his friend dictators asses (what a moral icon, FFS, an apologist of a bloody communist monster like Castro) and cultivating his own overinflated ego.
Oh pls. don't get me started, let the man rest in peace, I say again.
And yes, this is a free forum and no one is gonna dictate anyone what to say and where if it is within the site rules, thank you.
Oh yes, and I rather Lisbon than Lanzarote like 1000 million times, I'd die of boredom in Lanzarote after two weeks.
Sweetie, i did read a few of his works. He sux, period. You're free to like him
RIP Saramago.
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