Saramago published his first novel, "Land of Sin", in 1947. It remained his only published literary work until a poetry book, "Possible Poems", was published in 1966. It was followed by another book of poems, "Probably Joy", in 1970, three collections of newspaper articles in 1971, 1973 and 1974 respectively, and the long poem "The Year of 1993" in 1975. A collection of political writing was published in 1976 under the title "Notes". In the late 1970s Saramago published the novel "Manual of Painting and Calligraphy", a collection of short stories, "The Lives of Things", and two plays, before his writing was almost entirely dedicated to novels.