Author: José Saramago
Alternate names: Jose Saramago; José Saramago; Žoze Saramago; JOSE SARAMAGO; J. Saramago; saramago jos / saramago jos?; SARAMAGO JOSE; Jose  SARAMAGO; Josè Saramago; José. Saramago; J. O. S. SARAMAGO; SARAMAGO; SARAMAGO,JOSE
Born: 16 November 1922
Died: 18 June 2010
Bio: José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE ComSE GColCa (Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ ðɨ ˈso(w).zɐ sɐɾɐˈmaɣu]; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010), was a Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic human factor. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Saramago)