Luís Filipe de Castro Mendes
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Luís Filipe Carrilho de Castro Mendes (born November 21, 1950 in Idanha-a-Nova ) is a Portuguese politician , diplomat and writer. From April 14, 2016 he was Minister of Culture in the Costa I cabinet , the 21st constitutional government of Portugal led by Prime Minister António Costa .
Diplomatic and political career
After completing his law studies at the University of Lisbon , after the Carnation Revolution in 1974 , Mendes took on first positions with the local minister without portfolio (1974-1975) and then with the Portuguese Foreign Ministry (1975). After he had already been accepted for the diplomatic service in 1974 , he went to work at the Portuguese embassies in Luanda (1977–1979) and Madrid (1979–1982), at the Portuguese Presidential Office (1983–1986), at the embassy in Paris (1986–1991) and to the Permanent Mission to the Council of Europe (1991–1993).
He then headed the Department for South and Central America in the General Directorate for Bilateral Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994–1995) and then became the Office Manager of the State Secretariat (1995–1998).
From 1998 to 2000 he was Consul General in Rio de Janeiro , before becoming Ambassador to Hungary from 2003 to 2007 and Ambassador to India from 2007 to 2009. He then headed Portugal's representation at UNESCO in Paris (2011–2012) and at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (2012–2015).
In 2016, Prime Minister António Costa appointed him to the post of Minister of Culture as a non-party member.
Development as a writer
Mendes began to publish poems in the youth supplement of the Diário de Lisboa newspaper and in the literary supplement of the República newspaper in the mid-1960s .
His first book, Recados , was published in 1983 . Since then he has published a variety of books related to the lyrical tradition in Portuguese literature . Using personal narration, he deals with individual and collective memory, with a strong awareness of love and death.
His work, which is largely classified as postmodern , characterized by cultural dialogue and aesthetic exchange, has recently shown increasing attention to the fate of humanity and asks questions about the developments in contemporary society.
Since 1985 Mendes has received a number of literary prizes, most recently the Prémio António Quadros for Lendas da Índia (2012). The Portuguese PEN Club awarded him the Poetry Prize in 1992 and the Storytelling Prize in 1996.
Works
- Recados , 1983
- Areias Escuras , 1984
- Seis Elegias e Outros Poemas , 1985
- Quadras ao Gosto Pessoano , 1987
- A Ilha dos Mortos , 1991
- Viagem de Inverno , 1993
- O Jogo de Fazer Versos , 1994
- Correspondência Secreta , 1995
- Modos de Música , 1996
- Outras Canções , 1998
- Os Dias Inventados , 2001
- Lendas da Índia , 2011
- A Misericórdia dos Mercados , 2014
- Outro Ulisses Regressa a Casa , 2016
- Poemas Reunidos , 2018
Awards (selection)
Diplomacy and politics
- Portuguese Order for Merit of Commanders - (1991) and Grand Cross Class (2003)
- Order of the Infante Dom Henrique in the rank of Grand Officer (1986)
- Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (1984)
- Order of Leopold II in the rank of Grand Officer (Belgium)
- Order of Adolph von Nassau in the rank of Grand Officer (Luxembourg)
- Rio Branco Order in Commander's Rank (Brazil) (1996)
- Order of the falcon in commanding rank (Iceland)
- Order of Merit of the Congo in Officer Rank (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Orden de Isabel la Católica in officer rank (Spain)
- Officer of the Legion of Honor (France)
- Knight of the Royal Victorian Orders (United Kingdom) (1986)
literature
- 1985: Prémio Pedro Homem de Mello of the Lions Club Porto, for Seis elegias e outros poemas
- 1992: Prémio PEN Clube Português de Poesia for A ilha dos mortos
- 1994: Prémio Municipal Eça de Queiroz for O jogo de fazer versos
- 1994: Prémio D. Diniz for O jogo de fazer versos
- 1995: Prémio Municipal Eça de Queiroz for Correspondência secreta
- 1996: Prémio PEN Clube Português de Narrativa for Correspondência secreta
- 2012: Prémio António Quadros for Lendas da Índia
Web links
- Profile of the Minister of Culture Luís Filipe de Castro Mendes on the Portuguese government website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Personal Lexicon Quem é Quem - Portugueses Célebres. Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2009 ( ISBN 978-989-644-047-3 ), page 355
- ↑ a b Profile of the Minister of Culture Luís Filipe de Castro Mendes on the Portuguese government website, accessed on February 22, 2018
- ↑ Biographical entry Mendes' ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the State General Directorate of Books, Archives and Libraries (DGLAB), accessed February 22, 2018
- ↑ Overview of awards for the works of Luís Filipe de Castro Mendes ( Memento of the original of February 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the State General Directorate of Books, Archives and Libraries (DGLAB), accessed February 22, 2018
- ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved February 23, 2018.
António Costa (PS) | Eduardo Cabrita (PS) | Pedro Siza Vieira (independent) | Augusto Santos Silva (PS) | Mário Centeno (PS) | Manuel Caldeira Cabral (PS) | Miguel Prata Roque (PS) | Constança Urbano de Sousa (PS) | José Azeredo Lopes (independent) | João Gomes Cravinho (independent) | Francisca Van Dunem (PS) | Luís Capoulas Santos (PS) | Maria Manuel Leitão Marques (PS) | Mariana Vieira da Silva (PS) | João Soares (PS) | Luís Filipe de Castro Mendes (independent) | Graça Fonseca (PS) | Manuel Heitor (PS) | Pedro Marques (PS) | Nelson de Souza (PS) | Pedro Nuno Santos (PS) | João Matos Fernandes (PS) | José Vieira da Silva (PS) | Adalberto Campos Fernandes (PS) | Marta Temido (independent) | Tiago Brandão Rodrigues (PS) | Ana Paula Vitorino (PS)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mendes, Luís Filipe de Castro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Luís Filipe Carrilho de Castro Mendes (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese diplomat, poet and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Idanha-a-Nova , Portugal |