Saramago

American  

[sah-ruh-mah-goo] / ˌsɑ rəˈmɑ gʊ /

noun

1. José 1922–2010, Portuguese journalist, playwright, and novelist: Nobel Prize 1998.

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Saramago British  

/ ˌsaraˈmɑɡo /

noun

1. José. 1922–2010, Portuguese novelist and writer; his works include the novel O ano da morte de Ricardo Reis (1984): Nobel prize for literature 1998

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Example Sentences

It was previously given to writers such as Portugal's Jose Saramago and Mozambique's Paulina Chiziane.

From Reuters • Apr. 24, 2023

“Blindness,” which I saw Sunday, is the tale, based on a novel by Jose Saramago, of an epidemic that renders an entire nation blind, except for the narrator.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2021

“Blindness,” by José Saramago, one of my favorites in the world.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2020

Furthermore, Le Guin cites the blog of the Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago as inspiration for her own, and Saramago’s online musings were later collected as a book of small but high regard, titled “The Notebook.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2017

It’s been on my shelf, approximately, since 1998, when Saramago won the Nobel Prize.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2015