José de Sousa Saramago

José Saramago was a portuguese writer. He was born on 16 of November in 1922, in the village of Azinhaga and on 18 of June in 2010 he died. In 1947 José Saramago wrote his first book which he called A Viuva ( The Widow ) but, for editorial reasons, it would come out with the title of A Terra do Pecado ( The Land of Sin ). Six years later, in 1953, he finished the novel Claraboia, published only after his death. José won 6 awards, The Big Award by the Portuguese Writers Association in 1992, The Independent Foreign Fiction Award in 1993, The Camões Award and The Career Award of the Portuguese Authors Society in 1995, The Nobel Award of Literature in 1998 and The GajaGranada International Cooperation Award.