Nobel laureate José Saramago dies, aged 87
The finest Portuguese writer of his generation, José Saramago, has died today
The Portuguese novelist José Saramago, who explored Portugal's troubled political identity in a series of novels published over the last four decades and won the Nobel prize for literature in 1998, died today at the age of 87.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Friday, 18 June, 2010
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