José Saramago received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998, making them laureate number 95 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.
They are the only writer from Portugal to have won the prize.
Our pick for reading José Saramago for the first time is Ensaio sobre a Cegueira. It is one of the most widely read Nobel books in the world and an easy way in.
Blindness imagines an epidemic that suddenly and inexplicably blinds an entire city, and shows what is left of us when order collapses. Saramago writes in long sentences with few full stops, but the rhythm draws you in quickly. It was read again by huge numbers of people during the pandemic.
One email on announcement day with the winner and where to start reading. Then one Nobel read a month.