José Saramago
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José Saramago Portuguese novelist and communist whose novel "Blindness" (1995) — imagining a city where everyone suddenly goes blind — became one of the most discussed literary allegories of the 20th century. His distinctive style of long paragraphs with minimal punctuation is immediately recognizable. Nobel Prize in Literature 1998. Moved to the Canary Islands after the Portuguese government censored his novel "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ."
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Portuguese novelist and communist whose novel "Blindness" (1995) — imagining a city where everyone suddenly goes blind — became one of the most discussed literary allegories of the 20th century. His distinctive style of long paragraphs with minimal punctuation is immediately recognizable. Nobel Prize in Literature 1998. Moved to the Canary Islands after the Portuguese government censored his novel "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ."
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Born in Azinhaga, Portugal
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