 Kuvigwa kwaSaramago kwakaitwa muLisbon musi wa20 Chikumi 2010, pamberi pevanhu vanodarika zviuru makumi maviri, vazhinji vavo vakanga vafamba mazana emakiromita, asi kunyanya mukusavapo kweMutungamiri wePortugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva, uyo aive pazororo muAzores apo mhemberero yakaitika. Cavaco Silva, Mutungamiriri weHurumende akabvisa basa raSaramago kubva munhamba pfupi yeAristeion Prize, akati haana kupinda mariro aSaramago nokuti akanga asina kumbowana ropafadzo yokumuziva. Vachema, avo vakabvunza kusavapo kwaCavaco Silva pamberi pevatapi venhau, vakabata makopi ecarnation tsvuku, chiratidzo cheshanduko yedemokrasi yePortugal. Kupiswa kwaSaramago kwakaitika muLisbon, uye madota ake akavigwa pazuva rekufa kwake, 18 June 2011, pasi pemuti wemuorivhi wemakore zana pachivara pamberi peJosé Saramago Foundation Casa dos Bicos. 