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“In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays.”

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Jose Saramago

Portuguese writer known for his unique narrative style and profound philosophical reflections. His notable works include 'The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis' and 'Blindness'. more

“Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the dictatorship and up to the Revolution of 1974.”

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Author:Jose Saramago

“I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. Yes, I'm a writer, but I live in this world, and my writing doesn't exist on a separate level. And if people know who I am and read my books, well, good; that way, if I have something more to say, then everyone benefits.”

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Author:Jose Saramago

“I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third and fourth classes were done in a single year.”

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Author:Jose Saramago

“I was born in a family of landless peasants, in Azinhaga, a small village in the province of Ribatejo, on the right bank of the Almonda River, around a hundred kilometres north-east of Lisbon.”

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