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José Saramago

José Saramago was a very famous writer from Portugal. He wrote many books and stories that people all over the world really enjoyed reading. Some of his most famous stories were about everyday people who lived in normal towns, but they always seemed to have really interesting things happen to them.

Saramago was born in a small village in Portugal in 1922. When he was young, he didn't have a lot of money, so he had to work very hard to help his family. Even when he was working, he always loved to read and write stories. When he got older, he became a journalist and wrote stories about what was happening in Portugal at the time.

In 1947, Saramago wrote his first book, but it didn't become famous until many years later. It took a long time for Saramago to become really popular, but when he did, people all over the world loved his writing.

One thing that makes Saramago's writing different from other writers is that he didn't always use punctuation and he liked to tell his stories in a very different way than other writers. Some people thought this was strange, but others loved it because it made his writing unique.

Saramago won many awards for his writing, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998. People all over the world really loved his stories, and they will continue to be loved for a long time.