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José Saramago
Portuguese novelist (1922–2010).
Born November 16th, 1922 in Azinhaga.
Died June 18th, 2010 at 87 years old in Lanzarote (leukemia). [ref]
Occupations
chronicler, diarist, dramaturge, essayist, journalist, literary critic, novelist, playwright, poet, revolutionary, screenwriter, translator, writer
Website
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Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi