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Saramago ashes to lie under Lisbon olive tree

The ashes of Portugal’s Nobel literature prize winner Jose Saramago will be buried in a Lisbon park under an olive tree brought from his native village, his foundation said on its website on Saturday.

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Portugal bids emotional farewell at Saramago funeral

Portugal bade an emotional farewell Sunday to Nobel literature prize winner Jose Saramago, as the country’s president sought to play down a row over his failure to attend the writer’s funeral.

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Jose Saramago, Portuguese Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature, Dies at 87

Jose Saramago , winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in literature for early novels that explored historical themes from unconventional angles and later works in which inexplicable events threaten society’s underpinnings, has died. He was 87.

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Nobel literature laureate Jose Saramago dies at 87

Portuguese Nobel literature laureate Jose Saramago died Friday at his home on the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote, his family said.

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Jose Saramago, first Portuguese Nobel Literature laureate, reported dead at 87

LISBON, Portugal - Jose Saramago, who became the first Portuguese-language winner of the Nobel Literature prize after seeing his popularity at home dampened by his unflinching support for Communism, blunt manner and sometimes difficult prose style, has died at 87, his publisher said Friday.

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Formspringing famous writers

Nadine Gordimer , in answer to “You were awarded the Nobel prize in literature by the king of Sweden. Do you look back on that as the best moment in your life?” Best moment

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The Journey of Anders Sparrman, By Per Wästberg, trans. Tom Geddes

It’s hard to know which man has had the more remarkable life. Per Wästberg had his first national newspaper column at 12. He fought apartheid in South Africa, edited Sweden’s largest daily newspaper, founded the Swedish section of Amnesty International, and is now chairman of the Nobel Committee for Literature.

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Nadine Gordimr, Nobel laureate in Literature, to attend Book Fair

SOUTH African writer Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Literature Prize, is to travel to Havana to participate in the 19th International Book Fair, which opens on February 11 in the Cuban capital.

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Ahead of his time, Tagore left a legacy for world

Rabindranath Tagore is the first Asian author to have won the Nobel Prize in literature.

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Pasternak Is Dead; Wrote ‘Dr. Zhivago’

MOSCOW, Tuesday, May 31–Boris Pasternak, noted Russian poet, author of the controversial novel “Doctor Zhivago” and winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize for Literature, died in his sleep last night, family friends reported. He was 70 years old.

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