Glamurama woke up this Friday with sad news: the writer José Saramago, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature of 1998, died at the age of 87, in Lanzarote, on the Canary Island in Spain. The information was confirmed by the Portuguese newspaper “Diário de Notícias”.
* Native of Ribatejo, Saramago published his first book, the romance “Terra do Pecado” in 1947. During 12 years he worked in a publishing house, where he had the assignment of literature and production director. The writer cooperated as a critic of the “Seara Nova” magazine and, in 1972 and 1973, was part of the writing of the “Diário de Lisboa” newspaper.
* Among his most famous work are “Memorial do Convento”, from 1982, “História do Cerco de Lisboa”, from 1989, “O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo”, 1991 and “Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira”, 1995. The last book produced by him is “Caim”, in 2009. In 1998, he was consecrated by the Nobel Prize in Literature – the only Portuguese-language author to win the prize.