José Saramago

Birthday: 16 November 1922, Azinhaga, Golega, Portugal

Birth Name: José de Sousa Saramago

José Saramago was born on November 16, 1922 in Azinhaga, Golega, Portugal as José de Sousa Saramago. He was a writer and actor, known for Enemy (2013), Blindness (2008) and La balsa de piedra (2002). He was married to Pilar del Río and Ilda Reis. He died on June 18, 2010 in Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.

[In 2007 in an interview with New York Times about being fired from the Deputy Editor of the Lisbon ...Show more »

[In 2007 in an interview with New York Times about being fired from the Deputy Editor of the Lisbon newspaper, "Diario De Noticias" because of his leftist views] Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer. Show less «

[About his name change to Saramago in a 2007 interview] My father wasn't very happy, but if that was...Show more »

[About his name change to Saramago in a 2007 interview] My father wasn't very happy, but if that was his son's official name, well, then he had to take it. Show less «

José Saramago

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