Author

Books by José Saramago

José Saramago (1922–2010) was a Portuguese novelist, playwright, and Nobel laureate. Born into a poor rural family, he worked as a metalworker, translator, and journalist before publishing his breakthrough novel Baltasar and Blimunda in 1982. His other major works include The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, The Stone Raft, All the Names, and The Cave. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998. His Communist Party membership and his novel about Christ caused a prolonged conflict with the Portuguese government. He spent his final years in the Canary Islands.