Nuno Júdice

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Nuno Júdice (born April 29, 1949 in Mexilhoeira Grande , Portimão County , Algarve , Portugal ) is a Portuguese writer. Júdice was also a cultural official and works as a poet, critic, screenwriter, essayist and novelist.

Life

Nuno Júdice comes from a small community in the Algarve, the southernmost province of Portugal. He studied Romance studies in Lisbon and was a professor of medieval literature at the Universidade Nova there for a long time .

He also worked as a cultural official. He was cultural attaché of the Portuguese embassy in Paris from 1997 to 2004 and during the same period also president of the Instituto Camões , also in Paris. He was also the official representative of the Portuguese government for the Frankfurt Book Fair 1997, where Portugal was the main topic.

As a critic he worked for various literary magazines, such as Jornal das Letras and Expresso .

His very first book was published in 1972 and was a volume of poetry. Many more publications followed.

He has written a total of four screenplays for television. His books have also been published in Spain, Venezuela, Italy, France and the UK.

The author now lives in Lisbon.

Work (selection)

  • A noçao do poema, 1972, poetry.
  • Plancton, 1981, novel.
  • A manta religiosa, 1982, novel.
  • A partilha dos mitos, 1982, poetry.
  • O tesouro da rainha de Saba, 1984, novel.
  • Lira de Linquen, 1985, poetry.
  • As regras da perspectiva, 1990, poetry.
  • O processo poetico, 1992, essays.
  • Voyage dans un siecle de litterature portugaise , 1993, (French), re-translated as Viagem por un seculo de literatura portugaise , 1997 (non-fiction).
  • O movimento do mundo, 1996, poetry.
  • As mascaras do poema, 1998, essays.
  • Vesperos de sombras, 1999, novel.
  • Por todos os seculos, 1999, novel.
  • Linhas de Agua, 2000, poetry.
  • Navegação de acaso, 2013, poetry.

Awards (selection)

  • Premio de Associacao Portuguesa de Escritores, 1994.
  • Premio Literario Fernando Namora , 2004.
  • Premio Cesario Verde , 2005.
  • Premio Nacional de Poesia Ramos Rosa.

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personal data
SURNAME Júdice, Nuno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexilhoeira Grande , Portimão County , Algarve , Portugal