José Saramago

1922–2010 · Portuguese novelist

José de Sousa Saramago was a Portuguese writer. He was the 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.

José Saramago, in order

1. 2002 The Stone Raft: wrote · directed by George Sluizer
2. 2008 Blindness: wrote · directed by Fernando Meirelles
3. 2010 José and Pilar: acted · directed by Miguel Gonçalves Mendes
4. 2013 Enemy: wrote · directed by Denis Villeneuve · critics 74%, audiences 63% · streaming on HBO Max, Roku Channel, Kanopy