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The coffin of Portugal's Nobel literature prize winner Jose Saramago arrives at the crematorium.
His funeral was held Sunday after more than 20,000 mourners paid their respects to his body at Lisbon city hall and Portugal declared two days of mourning on Saturday and Sunday 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."
His wife, Spanish journalist Pilar del Rio, had said his ashes would be scattered in the central village of Azinhaga and in Tias, the part of the island of Lanzarote where he spent his last 17 years.
But his foundation said they would be placed in the park opposite its headquarters under the 100-year-old olive brought from Azinhaga. A bench would enable Saramago's friends to read from his works or admire the landscape.
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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."
His wife, Spanish journalist Pilar del Rio, had said his ashes would be scattered in the central village of Azinhaga and in Tias, the part of the island of Lanzarote where he spent his last 17 years.
But his foundation said they would be placed in the park opposite its headquarters under the 100-year-old olive brought from Azinhaga. A bench would enable Saramago's friends to read from his works or admire the landscape.
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