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The Portuguese author who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998, has died. Saramago was 87, and was Portugal’s first Nobel laureate in literature. Saramago’s  book Blindness title came from the sole character in the book who is spared the “white blindness” affliction: ”Why did we become blind, I don’t know, perhaps one day we’ll find out, Do you want me to tell you what I think, Yes, do, I don’t think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.” José de Sousa Saramago,  (November 16, 1922 ­ June 18, 2010) was a novelist, playwright and journalist. His works, some of which are seen as allegories, present new perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the human touch.