José Saramago
Birthday: 16 November 1922, Azinhaga, Golega, Portugal
Birth Name: José de Sousa Saramago
José Saramago was born on November 16, 1922 in Azinhaga, Golega, Portugal as José de Sousa Saramago. He was a writer and actor, known for Enemy (2013), Blindness (2008) and La balsa de piedra (2002) ...Show More
[About his name change to Saramago in a 2007 interview] My father wasn't very happy, but if that was Show more
[About his name change to Saramago in a 2007 interview] My father wasn't very happy, but if that was his son's official name, well, then he had to take it. Hide
[In 2007 in an interview with New York Times about being fired from the Deputy Editor of the Lisbon Show more
[In 2007 in an interview with New York Times about being fired from the Deputy Editor of the Lisbon newspaper, "Diario De Noticias" because of his leftist views] Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer. Hide
José Saramago's FILMOGRAPHY
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