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English Biobibliographical Notes José Saramago was born in 1922 to a family of farmers in the little village of Azinhaga (Ribatejo) north of Lisbon. For financial reasons he abandoned his high-school studies and trained as a mechanic. After trying different jobs in the civil service, he worked for a publishing company for twelve years and…
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Biographical
Written over the author’s signature and translated into English by Fernando Rodrigues and Tim Crosfield I was born in a family of landless peasants, in Azinhaga, a small village in the province of Ribatejo, on the right bank of the Almonda River, around a hundred kilometres north-east of Lisbon. My parents were José de Sousa…
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French Notice Biobibliographique José Saramago, originaire d’une famille d’agriculteurs, naquit en 1922 dans le petit village d’Azinhaga (Ribatejo), au nord de Lisbonne. Pour des raisons financières, il abandonna le lycée afin de suivre une formation de mécanicien. Il s’essaya à divers métiers dans l’administration publique, travailla douze ans dans des maisons d’édition puis dans des…
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Portuguese Notas biobibliográficas José Saramago nasceu em 1922, numa família de camponeses, na pequena aldeia de Azinhaga (Ribatejo), a norte de Lisboa. Devido a dificuldades económicas abandonou os estudos secundários e tirou um curso de serralheiro mecânico. Experimentou várias profissões no funcionalismo público, trabalhou doze anos numa editora e depois em jornais, nomeadamente como director-adjunto…
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Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Mats Jonson of the , December 10, 1998. Translation of the Swedish text. Professor Mats Jonson delivering the Presentation Speech for the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, For a long time, man has known how…
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