José Saramago / The Work / Translated by Saramago

the Sibyl

Par Lagerkvist
the Sibyl

In 1959, Estúdios Cor published the novel "The Sibyl" by Swedish writer Pär Lagerkvist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951, translated by José Saramago from the French translation. The book was included in the Latitude Collection, edited by Nataniel Costa.
The copy held in the José Saramago Foundation Library in Lisbon was donated by the PT Foundation in June 2015.