José Saramago, Literature Nobel Prize

I met him personally some years ago, maybe a few years before he was awarded the Nobel Prize.
He was still living in Lisbon, and the Portuguese Language Society invited him to take part at a meeting with foreign university students, who were attending a summer course of Portuguese language and culture organized by the Society.
He was well-known already; his presence at different events was highly required, but he gladly acquiesced in spending a whole August afternoon with the students and with us teachers. A wonderful afternoon indeed!
He addressed the students mainly about Memorial do Convento, but he also spoke about the book I still like best, exactly the one he told me back then he liked best too. In it Saramago reveals an astonishing, wondrous knowledge of Pessoa's poetic work.

O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis – Português
El Año de la Muerte de Ricardo Reis – Español
L'Anno della Morte di Ricardo Reis – Italiano
L'Année de la mort de Ricardo Reis – Français
Anul Mortii lui Ricardo Reis – Română

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis – English
Het jaar van de dood van Ricardo Reis – Nederlands
Das Todesjahr des Ricardo Reis – Deutsch
Det år Ricardo Reis døde – Dansk
Det året Ricardo Reis døde – Norsk
Året för Ricardo Reis död – Svenska
Árið sem Ricardo Reis lést – Íslenska

Rok śmierci Ricarda Reisa – Polski
Rok smrta Ricarda Reise – Česky

Год смерти Рикардо Рейса – Русский

Ricardo Reisin kuoleman vuosi – Suomi
Ricardo Reis halálának éve – Magyar

Ricardo Reis'in Öldüğü Yıl – Türkçe

Το έτος του θανάτου του Ρικάρδου Ρεις – Ελληνηκά

Was it emphatic enough or what?!

If you happen – by one of those unexplainable misfortunes in life… – not to have read this great literary masterpiece yet, I strongly advise you to do so as soon as possible… [Laughing out loud!]

Should your problem be the language, I believe you have no admissible excuse anymore, have you now?…

Saramago doesn't need any kind of advertising besides his own work, but this particular masterpiece is a landmark indeed in 20th century Portuguese literature and culture.

Enjoy it lavishly if you please!

RIC