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Poet, activist, and PhD candidate in Post-Colonialisms, Raquel Lima is the first Portuguese, Angolan, and São Toméan intellectual to be nominated for the award. Ionara Silva was also distinguished.
According to the jury, this is “an intimate, feminine, and very emotional book, though never sentimental.” By winning the Nuno Júdice Poetry Prize, the author now has the opportunity to make her literary debut.
With 'Valentina and Valéria Are Not Dead', Jacinto Lucas Pires and Flávia Gusmão have created a magical moment where people, characters, and ghosts coexist within the space and time of a performance that articulates theatre and poetry with the fluidity of a novelistic narrative.
The poetry book 'Os Sete Sentidos e Outros Lugares', published by Dom Quixote, was launched by the author and his publisher at the Correntes d’Escritas festival in Póvoa de Varzim.
In “A Alma Só Está Bem Onde Não Cabe” (The Soul Is Only Well Where It Does Not Fit), Ricardo Ribeiro, a fado singer passionate about poetry and philosophy, sings of himself and others with emotion and inspiration.
The duo Lavoisier, consisting of Patrícia Relvas and Roberto Afonso, will perform their latest album, 'era com h', at the Emílio Rui Vilar Auditorium in Lisbon on March 12. The work features texts by ten poets and includes guest musicians Diogo Sousa, Pedro Branco, and Ricardo Dias Gomes. The project explores the musicality of contemporary poetry and reflects on themes such as the duality of language, the role of women, and the evolving nature of time, born from a series of collaborative meetings with various poets.
An exploration of the poetic work of António Lobo Antunes, specifically his lyrics written for the musician Vitorino. The article examines how Lobo Antunes uses traditional rhythms, colloquialisms, and a deep understanding of Portuguese life to create verses that, like his prose, are 'written on the razor's edge.' It highlights his ability to capture the human condition through urban and domestic theatre, drawing on the legacy of great Portuguese poets while portraying a wide array of characters from everyday life.
Visitors to Jardim da Parada between 19 and 22 March will be able to find various works by contemporary poets, both Portuguese and foreign, as well as established authors, on display in the open air.
A Professor Emerita at the University of Lisbon uses John Keats's concept to explore how the Portuguese poet shapes his epic work amid uncertainties, contradictions and immortality.
“Nothing will remain of our hearts. Nor of the stone ceilings that witnessed us. To grow pale.” - Complete Poems, Roberto Bolaño (Quetzal)
As the story goes about Mário Cesariny, refusing the last cigarette marked his demise. And in the end, Zé Pescador, a storyteller of contraband tales and an inveterate smoker, equalled the poet. Column by Ana Cristina Leonardo
I have always been a devoted and attentive reader of Jorge de Sena's remarkable work.
The author, not exactly a poet, evokes the night in the hills, in his childhood village, and with it the games, the evenings, dips in the stream and the full moon.
Never in my life have I been so disappointed. I liked him a lot, or thought I did. But now I have the impression that I no longer like him. Column by Miguel Esteves Cardoso
Poetry erupts in a place where everything seemed forbidden. It is not poetry that betrays Auschwitz; it is the absolute silence that would consummate the executioners' victory. Song proves that the soul cannot be imprisoned.
Portuguese essayist Maria Alzira Seixo has died; she was described as a 'leap-year poet'.
A poet, journalist and teacher, she challenged Cesário Verde to a duel and founded A Voz do Operário. Angelina Vidal (1853–1917) demanded justice for working women — and justice left her to starve.
A book exploring the intersection of poetry and suicide, examining how poets address despair, mortality and the experience of loss.
One of the best poems about what true life might be is the sonnet by António Franco Alexandre (born 1944) that begins with the declaration 'I saw Rome burning.'
Unlike the bloated and mis-named public servants in high and powerful office, it is the poets, writers and musicians who can take us on that beautiful 12” journey from our The post Feast on the food of love in 2026 appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Title of a work by fado singer Camané featuring the lyric poems of Luís de Camões set to music.
At the age of 65, Pedro Abrunhosa releases 'Inverbo', a new album in a career rich with triumphs. Defending poetry from the algorithmic frenzy is his mission. And knowing how to grow older: 'I feel great respect, even for my younger colleagues who call me “old”. I find that so beautiful.'
In São João da Pesqueira, in the heart of the demarcated Douro region, I met a winemaker who reads philosophy and recites his grandfather's poems by heart. Chronicle by João da Silva
'Performance poetry' is what Paulo Condessa does, because 'there are people who look at a poem on the page the way someone looks at a musical score without knowing music; but if they hear it recited and performed, they are enchanted.'
