Bernardo Carvalho
Bernardo Carvalho (* 1960 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian author and journalist .
Life
Carvalho was editor of the essay series Folhetim and correspondent for Folha de São Paulo in New York and Paris. His works have been translated into twelve languages. In 2009 Carvalho participated in the literary festival Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty .
He lives in Higienópolis, a district of São Paulo, where Jens Jessen visited him for the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair. Jessen called him "one of the great storytelling talents of Brazil".
Literary prizes
Bernardo Carvalho has won numerous literary prizes. For Nine Nights , his first publication in German, he received the two most prestigious literary prizes in Brazil: Machado des Assis and Jabuti. For Mongólia he received the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte's prize for the best novel (Prêmio APCA) in 2003, the Prêmio Jabuti for the best novel in 2004 and 2014 and was a finalist at the 2004 Prêmio Portugal Telecom de Literatura .
bibliography
- 1993: Aberração (short stories)
- 1995: Onze
- 1996: Os Bêbados e os Sonâmbulos
- 1998: Teatro
- 1999: As Iniciais
- 2000: Medo de Sade
- 2002: Nove Noites
- 2003: Mongólia
- 2007: O Sol se Põe em São Paulo
- 2009: O Filho da Mãe
Published in Germany
- Three hundred bridges Munich 2013
- The sun goes down in São Paulo. Munich 2009.
- Mongólia Munich 2007.
- Nine nights. Munich 2006.
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernardo Carvalho in the catalog of the German National Library
- Deutschlandfunk book market on Bernardo Carvalho
- Deutschlandfunk essay and discourse of April 10, 2020: Brazil under Bolsonaro. U-turn in culture. The writer Bernardo Carvalho in conversation with Peter B. Schumann
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zeit Literature No. 41, September 2013, p. 9f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carvalho, Bernardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian author and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro |