Saramago ashes lie under Lisbon olive tree

The ceremony opposite Lisbon's Casa dos Bicos, where the Jose Saramago foundation will be headquartered from November, was attended by his wife, Spanish journalist Pilar del Rio, political and cultural figures, and dozens of admirers.
Last year Portugal had declared two days of mourning for the writer.
Saramago, who described himself as a libertarian Communist, won the Nobel Prize in 1998 for such books as "Blindness," "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ" and "Baltasar and Blimunda".
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