A cikin 2003 Harold Bloom ya bayyana Saramago a matsayin "mafi baiwa marubuci mai rai a duniya a yau" kuma a cikin 2010 ya ce ya ɗauki Saramago a matsayin "wani ɓangare na canon na Yammacin Turai", yayin da James Wood bai yarda da Allah ba ya yaba "saɓani ga litattafansa saboda yana ba da labarin litattafansa kamar yadda yake da mutum da kuma jahilci". An sayar da littattafan Saramago sama da miliyan biyu a Portugal kuma an fassara wasu daga cikin litattafansa zuwa cikin tarihin tarihi, yana mai da hankali kan abubuwan da suka faru na tarihi, yana mai da hankali kan batun ɗan adam. A cewar Majalisar Dokokin Turai a 1992, An fassara aikinsa daga harshen Turanci zuwa harshen Turanci. A karkashin Gwamnatin Tarayyar Turai, ya yi aiki tare da Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Duniya, wanda aka kira shi a matsayin Anar A.S. Cavaco Silva, wanda ya mutu a shekara ta 1992. A karkashin Gwamnatin Tarayyar Tarayyar Turai, Saramago ya yi aiki don inganta tsarin mulkin mallaka.
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