Jose Saramago

A highly renowned Portuguese writer during his time, the author Jose Saramago was well known for being an extremely versatile and inventive writer, one whom many aspiring novelists mimic to this day, with his influence still held in high esteem. Being given the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998, he was a gifted and versatile author who was respected by both his peers and his contemporaries alike, having mastered the form of his craft to the utmost degree during his lifetime. Following his death in 2010 he was so highly regarded that Portugal declared two days of mourning to be set aside for his passing, as he left behind a legacy that is near impossible to replicate.