RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 45

March 2005

 
 PART XII:

Poetry

 
See also items 31, 33, 39 & 76.

45. ABRANCHES, Esther [i.e. Esther Gil Abranches Nobre]. No tempo dos Almocreves. Preface by António de Almeida Santos. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2004. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 406 pp., (1 l.). One of 800 copies. ISBN: 972 - 27 - 1322 - 1. $48.00

The preface occupies pp. 7 - 42.

 
46. BOMBA [Janeiro Borges], [Maria] Ofélia [da Costa Oliveira]. Pari ti, poemas. Preface by Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão. Lisbon: Colibri, 2004. Tribuna Livre. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 186 pp., (1 l.). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 972 - 772 - 488 - 4. $28.00

The preface occupies pp. 1 - 7. The author, a native of Boliqueime, is a psychiatrist. Her poetry has appeared in various newspapers and reviews, and she has contributed literary articles to the cultural review STILUS. She has published two previous volumes of poetry.
 

47. CARVALHO, Silva. A experiência american ao vivo. Sintra: Edições Aquário, 2003. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 195 pp. One of 200 copies. ISBN: 972 - 98916 - 1 - 3. $25.00

 
48. CARVALHO, Silva. New England. Sintra: Edições Aquário, 2002. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 217 pp. One of 200 copies. Text in Portuguese. ISBN: 972 - 9027 - 34 - X. $25.00

The author, born in Vila do Conde, 1948, has had published at least 17 volumes of poetry, five volumes on poetical language, two novels and a volume of essays. He has lectured at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the University of Goa, and the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

 
49. FERNANDES JORGE, João Miguel. Castelos, I a XXXV. Lisbon: Averno, 2004. Averno, 006. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 64 pp., (4 ll.). One of 350 copies. ISBN: none. $18.00

The author, who has published more than 20 volumes of poetry, won the Prémio José Régio de Poesia in 1975 for Alguns círculos and the Prémio Nicola de Poesia in 1985 for Tronos e dominações. He has also published at least 5 volumes of essays on art and at least seven previous volumes of fiction. He has been a regular contributor to the newspaper Independente and co - director of the review As escadas não tem degraus. See Fernando Guimarães in Machado, ed. Historia de literatura portuguesa, pp. 249 - 50.

 
50. GASPAR, Luís Manuel. Pandora. Lisbon: Averno, 2004. Averno, 004. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 30 pp., (1 l.), illus. One of 300 copies. ISBN: none. $18.00

Includes an illustration by the author.

 
51. GOUVEIA, Isabel, pseud. [i.e. Isabel Pereira Mendes]. Fragmentos do passado. Coimbra and Castelo Branco: Alma Azul, 2001. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 109 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 972 - 8580 - 14 - 2. $25.00

The author is a real estate lawyer, author and poet, born in the Aldeia das Dez, concelho de Oliveira do Hospital, 1930. She has published at least seven volumes of poetry and two of prose; her work of fiction, A porta estreita, written under her real name, was awarded the Prémio José Galeno, 1985.
 

52. LOPES, Adília. Poemas novos. Lisbon: &etc., 2004. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 75 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972 - 8539 - 72 - X. $25.00

The author has published several volumes of poetry, as well as at least one volume of literary criticism.

 
53. MONIZ, Nelson. Rompendo trevas. Lisbon: Colibri, 2004. Tribuna Livre. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 138 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972 - 772 - 512 - 0. $20.00

The author was born on the Island of São Miguel, Azores, 1961. This appears to be his first book.

 
54. ROQUE, Jorge, and Guilherme Faria. Senhor Porco. Lisbon: &etc., 2004. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 49 pp., (1 l.), 10 color plates tipped in. ISBN: 972 - 8539 - 73 - 8. $32.00

 
55. SANTOS, Hugo. O aprendiz de ventos. Lisbon: Vega / Ulmeiro, 1992. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 42 pp. ISBN: 972 - 699 - 328 - 8. $22.00

Awarded the Pémio Nacional de Poesia Sebastião da Gama, 1991. The author, poet, novelist and short story writer, was born in Campo Maior, Alentejo. He has published at least 23 books, at least 10 of which have won prizes, including poetry and short stories.