From Memory to Fiction through History with Jose Saramago

A poet, novelist, playwright and essayist from Lisbon who now lives in the Spanish Canary Islands, Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago made his international breakthrough in 1982 with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda, a novel set in 18th-century Portugal. His novels have been translated into many languages and published throughout the world. He is the author of some 30 volumes of prose, poetry, drama and essays, and has won several major literary awards, in addition to the Nobel Prize. He spoke at UCLA in Portugese with English translation. [7/2002] [Humanities] [Show ID: 6598]

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• Baltasar
• Blimunda
• novel
• play
• drama
• Jose
• Saramago

[UCtelevision]

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[condemaltese]

without any doubt my favourite novelist, and one of my 2 favourite portuguese writers of the 20th century (him and fernando pessoa)

[aninvisibledarkness]

SARAMAGO IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PHILOSOPHERs ALIVE.

[Jeyakirthana]

would it be possible to get English subtitles for this?!!!

[janesatorres]

It would have been better if he delivered using English. How I wish I knew Portuguese.

[ECHOdavidoff]

@aninvisibledarkness Saramago was one of the greatest philosophers alive! R.I.P. !

[Eltonuk]

@Predetermind tks for the reply

[onepluseipi]

"Oh yes, I have a prize. They called Noble.

But at the end, it doesn't matter." This is

what Saramago said once in a interview.

[Aiden057]

I really wish this had sub-titles :-(  Thanks for posting this nevertheless.

[CelticReject]

@aninvisibledarkness Unfortunatly that comment is not quite as accurate any more.

[espelhonaalma]

R.I.P.

[okanelmasMEX]

eu sou turco,Saramago é bom escritor,eu gosto dele muito,asisti uma entrevista dele sobre a lingua portugesa,e li um livro dele em español,mas quero conseguir seus livros em portugés,a gente me aconselhou seu livro Ensaio sobre a cegueira,náo sei como conseguir,moro no México.cheers