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Oceanos-Prêmio De Literatura Em Língua Portuguesa
Oceanos-Prêmio de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa (until 2014 Portugal Telecom Prize for Literature Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Prêmio Portugal Telecom de Literatura'') is a Brazilian literary award established in 2003 by Portugal Telecom and awarded annually to Brazilian literature. From 2007 onwards, Portuguese-language works from other countries are also eligible. In 2014 Portugal Telecom was bought by the French company Altice (company), Altice. From 2015 on, the prize was named Oceanos- Prêmio de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa (''Oceans- Portuguese Language Literature Prize'') sponsored by Itaú Cultural foundation. Winners References External links Official website Awards established in 2003 Portuguese-language literary awards Brazilian literary awards 2003 establishments in Brazil {{Brazil-arts-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau. Portuguese-speaking people or nations are known as Lusophone (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Gallaecian language, Celtic phonology. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 17 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 267 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the List of languages by number of native speaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Hatoum
Milton Assi Hatoum (; born August 19, 1952) is a Brazilian people, Brazilian writer, translator and professor. Hatoum is one of Brazil's most eminent contemporary writers. Among other honors, Hatoum was awarded Brazil's most prestigious literary award, the Jabuti Prize, three times for best novel. In 2017, he received the title of Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government. Born in Manaus of Lebanese Brazilian, Lebanese descent, he studied comparative literature in Paris, and has served as professor of literature in universities such as the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) and at the University of California, Berkeley. His first novel, ''Relato de um Certo Oriente'' ("''Tale of a Certain Orient''"), won the Jabuti Prize in 1989. His second novel, '':pt:Dois Irmãos (romance), Dois Irmãos'' ("''Two Brothers''"), won another Jabuti in 2000 and was translated into twelve languages and adapted for tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sérgio Rodrigues (author)
Sérgio Rodrigues (born in 1962) is a Brazilian fiction writer, literary critic, columnist and journalist—winner of the 2014 Prêmio Portugal Telecom de Literatura for his book ''O drible'' (published by Companhia das Letras Companhia das Letras is the largest publishing house in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. It was founded in 1986 by Luiz Schwarcz and his wife, Lilia Moritz Schwarcz. Companhia das Letras began as a literary publishing house and gradually grew into ...) 'The Feint'' His books have been translated to English, French, Spanish and Danish. Works in English * ''Elza: The Girl'' (novel, 2014) Works in Portuguese * ''O homem que matou o escritor'' (stories, 2000) * ''Manual do mané'' (humor, 2003), with co-authors Arthur Dapieve and Gustavo Poli * ''What língua is esta?'' (chronicles and articles, 2005) * ''As sementes de Flowerville'' (novel, 2006) * ''Elza, a garota'' (novel, 2009) *'' Sobrescritos: 40 histórias de escritores, excretores e outros i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valter Hugo Mãe
Valter hugo mãe is the artistic name of the Portuguese writer Valter Hugo Lemos (born September 25, 1971). He is also an editor, singer and plastic artist. Valter hugo mãe received the José Saramago Prize in Literature in 2007 for his novel '' o remorso de baltazar serapião''. Biography Valter hugo mãe (which he intentionally writes in smalls caps, like his own work), was born in Henrique de Carvalho, in colonial Angola. He spent his childhood in Paços de Ferreira, and in 1980 he moved to Vila do Conde. He graduated in Law, and did post-graduate work in Modern and Contemporary Portuguese literature. Valter hugo mãe achieved public recognition in 2007 by winning the José Saramago Prize. During the prize ceremony José Saramago called the novel ''o remorso de baltazar serapião'' a true literary tsunami. Besides writing, he has dedicated effort to drawing, with a first public exhibition in 2007 in Porto, and also to music, being the singer in the band O Governo. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Colasanti
Marina Colasanti (26 September 1937 – 28 January 2025) was an Italian-Brazilian writer, translator and journalist. Colasanti published more than 70 books between 1968 and 2017, including works of poetry, collections of short stories and children's literature, and won Brazil's prestigious Prêmio Jabuti multiple times. Early life Colasanti was born to Italian parents in Asmara, an old Italian colony in Eritrea, and lived in Tripoli, Libya during her infancy. Her family moved to Italy at the onset of World War II, where she lived for 11 years. Her family moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1948 due to the difficult conditions in Europe after World War II. Colasanti became interested in stories from a young age. At age six, her parents gifted her a set of abridged classics. She kept a diary from the age of nine. Colasanti began painting as a teenager, and entered the National School of Fine Arts in 1952, where she specialized in etching. Career Journalism Colasanti first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spilt Milk (novel)
''Spilt Milk'' (original title in Portuguese: ''Leite Derramado'') is a novel written by Chico Buarque. Synopsis A very old man is in a hospital bed. A member of a traditional Brazilian family, he presents the history of his family in a monologue addressed to his daughter, the nurses, and anyone else who will listen. He follows his family's path from his Portuguese ancestors, including a baron of the Empire, and a First Republic's Senator, down to his grandson, a youth from Rio de Janeiro. His family saga is characterized by social and economic decadence against the background of Brazilian history over the last two centuries. Awards and Recognitions *Voted best book of 2009 by readers of ''O Globo''. * 2010 São Paulo Prize for Literature — Shortlisted in the Best Book of the Year category Editions Brazilian edition *''Leite Derramado'', São Paulo, SP: Companhia das Letras, 2009. Translations *English translation by Alison Entrekin, ''Spilt Milk'', New York, NY: Grove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Freitas Filho
Armando Martins de Freitas Filho (18 February 1940 – 26 September 2024) was a Brazilian poet. Early life and career Freitas was born in Rio de Janeiro on 18 February 1940, and was raised in the neighborhood of Urca. He was a fan of Fluminense. Considered a notable figure in modern Brazilian literature, he had as teachers Manuel Bandeira and Carlos Drummond de Andrade, whose works he would hear recited on CD by his father. The death of his girlfriend, fellow poet Ana Cristina César, greatly influenced his life. He also has organized and published her works posthumously. He was a researcher at the Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation, a secretary with the Chamber of Arts at the Federal Council of Culture, and an assessor with the National Institution of Books in Rio de Janeiro. He was also a researcher at the National Library of Brazil Foundation, and assessor in the president of Funarte's cabinet, where he retired. In 2003, Freitas published ''Máquina de escrever — poesia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico Buarque
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque (), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil. The firstborn son of Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived at several locations throughout his childhood, though mostly in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Rome. He wrote and studied literature as a child and found music through the bossa nova compositions of Tom Jobim and João Gilberto. He performed as a singer and guitarist in the 1960s as well as writing a play that was deemed dangerous by the Brazilian military dictatorship of the time. Buarque, along with several Tropicalist and MPB musicians, was threatened by the Brazilian military government and eventually left Brazil for Italy in 1969. However, he came back to Brazil in 1970, and continued to record, perform, and write, though muc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lourenço Mutarelli
Lourenço Mutarelli (born April 18, 1964) is a Brazilian comic book artist, writer and actor who became well regarded in the Brazilian underground comics scene in the late 1980s and 1990s. In addition to comic books, Mutarelli has also created plays, books, and all the illustration and animated sequences of the 2004 motion picture '' Nina'', which was based on the novel ''Crime and Punishment'' by Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian and world literature, and many of his works are considered highly influenti .... '' Drained'', released in 2006, is a movie adaptation of Mutarelli's first literary work, ''O Cheiro do Ralo''; and he plays a minor role in the film. He also made a guest appearance in the 2014 film '' Quando Eu Era Vivo'', based on his novel ''A Arte de Produzir Efeito Sem Causa''. He also starred in '' The Second Mother'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatriz Bracher
Beatriz Bracher (born August 7, 1961) is a Brazilian writer. Bracher was born in São Paulo, and studied Brazilian and Portuguese Literature at the Pontifical Catholic Universities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. She was the founder and editor of the literary magazine ''34 Letras'' from 1988 to 1991 and of Editora 34 publishing house, from 1992 to 2000. Bracher's first novel, ''Azul e Dura'', was published in 2002. Her novel ''Anatomia do Paraíso'' (2015) won the São Paulo Prize for Literature and Rio Prize for Literature. Bracher wrote the screenplay for the films Cronicamente Inviável (2000), Os Inquilinos (2009, Best Screenplay award at Festival do Rio) and O Abismo Prateado (2011). Published books Novels * 2002 - ''Azul e Dura'' * 2004 - ''Não Falei'' (English translation: ''I Didn't Talk'', translated by Adam Morris, New Directions Publishing New Directions Publishing Corp. is an independent book publishing company that was founded in 1936 by James Laughlin (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
António Lobo Antunes
António Lobo Antunes (; born 1 September 1942) is a Portuguese novelist and retired medical doctor. He has been named as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He has been awarded the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid Prize, the 2005 Jerusalem Prize, the 2007 Camões Prize, and the 2008 Juan Rulfo Prize. Life and career António Lobo Antunes was born in Lisbon as the eldest of six sons of João Alfredo de Figueiredo Lobo Antunes (born 1915), prominent neurologist and professor, close collaborator of António Egas Moniz, Nobel Prize winner in physiology, and wife Maria Margarida Machado de Almeida Lima (born 1917). He is the brother of João Lobo Antunes and Manuel Lobo Antunes. At the age of seven, he decided to be a writer, but when he was 16, his father sent him to the medical school of the University of Lisbon. He graduated as a medical doctor, later specializing in psychiatry. During this time he never stopped writing. By the end of his education, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristóvão Tezza
Cristóvão Tezza (born 21 August 1952) is a Brazilian novelist and university professor. Biography Cristóvão Tezza was born in Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil in 1952, but moved to Curitiba in Paraná by the time he was ten. This city would later serve as the backdrop for many of his stories, with characters visiting familiar streets and local attractions. Tezza had a variety of jobs when he was younger. His experience included time in the theater and the merchant marine, working illegally in Europe, and working as a watchmaker. He really loved this last job, but soon recognized that fixing clocks would not satisfy his desire to work with literature. By the time he was thirteen, Tezza had already finished his first book, one which he himself described as "very bad". He has published several novels, and a creative autobiography. One of the distinguishing features of his works is the presence of more than one narrator. For example, in his story ''Trapo'' the story is told sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
