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The jury considered that this work confirms the Luso-Angolan author as one of the great voices of prose in the Portuguese language. 'Livro da Doença' had also already received the Fernando Namora Literary Prize.
Described by the Austrian government as “one of the most prominent writers in contemporary European literature”, the Portuguese author will receive this award on July 27 in Salzburg.
The prize, awarded by the Casa de Mateus Foundation, distinguishes 'one of the great voices of prose in the Portuguese language'.
A few months after touring Portugal with the play 'O Céu da Língua' and launching the book 'A Flor da Língua' in Lisbon, the comedian, writer, and actor Gregório Duvivier will return to Portuguese bookstores. The Portuguese publisher Tinta da China is releasing a new edition of 'Sonetos de Amor e Sacanagem' this month, a book of poems originally published in Brazil in 2021. The work arrives on the Portuguese market in a revised and expanded version, featuring unpublished sonnets alongside texts already known to the public. Scheduled for release in June, the 104-page book contains a selection of poems that navigate between love, sex, obsession, and self-deprecation, which are frequent hallmarks of the Rio-born author's writing.
The author of Misericórdia, a 2022 book that earned her several awards, including the Médicis for best foreign book, will now receive this new distinction during the Salzburg Festival.
Portuguese writer Lídia Jorge has been awarded this year's Austrian State Prize for European Literature for her body of work, the country's Ministry of Culture announced today.
Valter Hugo Mãe admits that the world runs the risk of being the most imbecilic century in history, marked by an 'unbearable childishness'. For the writer, the creative process functions as therapy.
The banks of Porto and Gaia will unite in a performance that brings together Art and Literature.
In an interview with Expresso, the Spanish writer discusses the responsibility that comes with the prominence his books provide, but stresses that it is voluntary rather than an obligation. An advocate for redemption in a polarised world, he celebrates the multiple adaptations of his work, ranging from the small screen to graphic novels and musicals.
The book “Benjamim and the days full of nothing” emerged from a significant moment the author experienced with his son in the hospital.
The space will host a series of cultural activities to promote, in particular, Brazilian writers. The opening takes place this Monday, June 15, at 7 pm, at the consulate's headquarters in Chiado.
Simone Paulino, author of the book 'How can Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector change your life?', discusses the growing popularity of Lispector's works in Portugal and the positive trend of young people engaging with classic literature through social media.
It is an uncomfortable book that charmed the Booker Prize jury, which named it the winner in 2025. All That Man Is, by David Szalay, is a sad ballad about a man's journey.
In 'Divertimentos', the writer returns to focusing on words that have fallen into disuse, perhaps a bit strange but sonically interesting, reminding us that the dictionary is more than just an occasional tie-breaker.
The Italian writer was abandoned as a baby by her mother, who later threw herself into the river. She never wanted to know what happened, but an unexpected contact made her delve into the tragic story of Lucia Galante.
An exploration of the role of poetry in daily life and society, inspired by discussions at the Lisbon Book Fair. The article reflects on the transformative power of poetry, featuring insights from Brazilian author Marcelino Freire, who argues that poetry is inherently revolutionary and a challenge to totalitarianism. It highlights how literature and verse offer emotional experiences rather than just intellectual understanding, encouraging readers to embrace the 'improbable' nature of poetry in their own lives.
Is it still difficult to understand Kierkegaard? It is a likely sign that he was right. Without fear of ridicule, a drummer gets there calmly.
A personal account of an evening spent dining with a couple holding racist views.
The writer speaks to CNN Portugal about “The Century of Imbeciles”, a cruel and comic fable about a fragile marquis, an old house, and a village that resembles our own time. Valter Hugo Mãe also talks to us about guilt, justice, knowledge, and the need to keep on doing.
INTERVIEW || Valter Hugo Mãe returns to the novel with The Century of Imbeciles, a new book where he invents a mountain village, a house called Malandrinha, and a marquis who loses intelligence when he descends. Starting from this cruel and comic fable, he talks about justice, work, machines, and an era in which ignorance no longer apologises.
The Portuguese Embassy is mobilising the promotion of the writer's work and legacy in Spain following his passing this year. After being honoured at the Casa de América in April, António Lobo Antunes will now be remembered, discussed, and read during a prime slot at the Madrid Book Fair.
The Miguel Torga House-Museum opens a new exhibition focused on the author's literary work titled 'Portugal'.
A review of Sven Lindqvist's 'The Desert Divers', a work that defies simple classification by blending travelogue, historical research, and philosophical reflection. The book explores the author's journey through African landscapes while examining the legacy of European imperialism, the romanticism of explorers like Michel Vieuchange and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and the complex intersection of history and personal discovery.
In this second part of the conversation, writers Luísa Costa Gomes and Rui Cardoso Martins begin by commenting on what currently disturbs and illuminates them about the country, on the day Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities Day is celebrated. They then open their most recent books, read an excerpt, and reveal a little of what is inside.
Writer Leonardo Padura presents his new novel “Morrer na Praia”.
The Miguel Torga House-Museum opens a new exhibition focused on the author's literary work titled 'Portugal'.
In 'Memories of the Future', Siri Hustvedt returns to death and Paul Auster to write about grief and what remains after the disappearance of the 'us'. In Lisbon, she spoke about the words we avoid pronouncing.
One must read the “Geografia Sentimental” (1951) by Aquilino Ribeiro to find the story of this promise made to Saint Anthony for the healing of a son in a village in the interior.
The jury highlighted the “intense literary expressiveness” of Castro Mendes' work.
The writer has authored 15 novels, crime fiction under a pseudonym, three short story collections, and ten essay collections.
