TY - JOUR T1 - José Saramago na literatura de cordel brasileira JF - Luso-Brazilian Review JO - Luso-Braz Rev SP - 34 LP - 53 DO - 10.3368/lbr.58.2.34 VL - 58 IS - 2 AU - Carlos Nogueira Y1 - 2022/03/28 UR - http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/58/2/34.abstract N2 - In this article, I aim to understand the cordel leaflet titled José Saramago: vida e morte (n.d.) by the Brazilian writer Medeiros Braga as literature and as political action. Based on Medeiros Braga’s ideas about the Portuguese writer, I propose an interpretation of socialism by both Saramago and the Brazilian author. I argue in favor of what Saramago said about himself: he did not see himself as a writer who was a communist, but as a communist who was a writer. At the same time, I show that the formula “writer who was a communist” fits Medeiros Braga. ER -