RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 46
June
2005
PART
XVIII:
Poetry
See also
items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 107, 127, 128, 147, 148, 151, 158,
172, 284, 300 & 306.
180.
ABREU, António Graça de. Terra de
musgo e alegria. Lisbon: Vega,
2005. O Chão da Palavra / Poesia. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 79
pp. ISBN: 972-699-809-3. $18.00
The
author has published two previous volumes of poetry,
China de
jade (1997),
and China de
seda (2001), as well
as a volume on Chinese history in collaboration with Zhang
Weimin and Roderich Ptak, Sinica
Lusitana I (Fundação
Oriente, 2000). Four of his translations of books from the
Chinese have been published by the Instituto Cultural de
Macau, one of which was awarded the Grande Prémio de
Tradução, 1991, by the Pen Club Português and the
Associação Portuguesa de Tradutores.
181.
ABRUNHOSA, Alberto. Sobre
vivências. Lisbon:
SeteCaminhos, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 53 pp., (1 l.).
ISBN: 972-602-023-X. $15.00
The
publisher's blurb on the back cover reads "Os poemas aqui
publicados são os SOBREVIVENTES dos escritos de há trinta
anos, desde finais dos anos 60 até 1974, incluindo, também,
alguns sobre VIVÊNCIAS do author enquanto combatente na
Guiné entre 1967 e 1969."
182.
BARBOSA, Miguel. Apologia do
silêncio. Lisbon:
DestArte, 2004. Poesia da Cor, 1. Lge. 4° (27 x 21.1 cm.),
orig. illus. wrps. 80 pp., profusely illus., much in color.
ISBN: 972-8496-25-7. $50.00
This
multi-faceted dramatist, novelist, poet, and painter (b.
Lisbon, 1925), was awarded the Grand Prize for Poetry
"Moulin de l'Ecluse," 1993, Carnac, France. His writings
have been translated into English, French, and Italian.
183.
BETTENCOURT DA CÂMARA, José, ed. Poetas
populares açorianos, I: uma colectânea (1922).
Lisbon:
Salamandra, 2002. Colecção Garajau, 103. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 167, (1 blank, 3 pp., 3 pp. adv.). ISBN:
972-689-227-9. $26.00
The
editor provides a significant preface (pp. 3-13), and
"fixação do texto".
184.
BORGES MARTINS, J.H. Salmo à
rainha de Sabá e outros poemas. Lisbon:
Salamandra, 1997. Colecção Garajau, 39. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 63 pp. ISBN: 972-689-114-0. $15.00
185.
CAMILO [dos
Santos],
João. Nunca mais
se apagam as imagens, poemas. Lisbon: Fenda,
1996. Títulos do Tesouro. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 279
pp. (4 ll.). ISBN: 972-9184-32-1. $35.00
The
author has published six previous volumes of poetry, one of
which, O T de
Tu (1981), long
out-of-print, is included in this volume, along with "four
previously unpublished books of poetry." He has also
published volumes of essays containing literary and film
criticism, as well as a volume of narratives. See
Machado, Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, p. 94.
186.
CANDEIAS, Marcolino. Na
distância deste tempo. 2nd ed.,
revised. Lisbon: Salamandra, 2002. Colecção Garajau, (Série
Especial), 9. 4° (23.1 x 18.1 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 55,
(1 blank, 1 pp., 3 pp. adv.). ISBN: 972-689-212-0.
$20.00
First published
1984. The author was born in the freguesia of Cinco
Ribeiras, concelho de Angra do Heroísmo on the Island of
Terceira, 1952. Considered one of the most important voices
of the "Geração Glacial," while still a secondary school
student he published poems in the "Glacial" literary
supplement to A
união, and in 1971
published Por ter
escrito amor, which caused
something of a sensation. He worked at the University of
Montreal, then returned to the Açores to become director of
the Casa da Cultura da Juventude in Angra do
Heroísmo.
187.
COUTO SEQUEIRA COSTA, Carlos. A
deus. Lisbon: Fenda,
2004. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 62 pp., (3 ll.). One of 250
copies. ISBN: 972-603-006-5. $20.00
The
author has published more than 20 books, including poetry,
philosophy, literary criticism, and art history. He
received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the Faculdade de
Letras, Porto, in 1994.
188.
FEIJO, António. Poesias
completas. J. Cândido
Martins, ed. Porto: Caixotim, 2004. Colecção Caixotim
Clássico. 8°, publ. illus. bds. 484 pp., (6 ll.). ISBN:
972-8651-40-6. $38.00
The
editor supplies a substantial and interesting preface.
189.
FELIX, Emanuel. 121 Poemas
escolhidos (1954-1997). Lisbon:
Salamandra, 2003. Colecção Garajau, (Série Especial), 6. 4°
(23 x 18 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 230 pp., (2 ll. adv.).
ISBN: 972-689-219-8. $40.00
The
author was born in 1936 in Angra do Heroísmo, on the Island
of Terceira. An art restorer of note, with a number of
publications in his field of expertise, he has published at
least seven volumes of poetry prior to this anthology.
190.
GATO, Vasco. A presão e
paixão de Egon Schiele. Lisbon:
&etc., 2005. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 72 pp., (1 l.).
ISBN: 972-8539-74-6. $18.00
The
author has published at least three previous volumes of
poetry.
191.
GOMES, Tiago, ed. O pin
da Bíblia:
uma selecção de textos da revista Bíblia.
Preface by
Fernando Aguiar. Introduction by Eduardo Pitta. Lisbon:
Bíblia, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 269, (1) pp., (1 l.).
ISBN: none. $35.00
Peoms
by A. Dasilva O., Adília Lopes (pseud.), Alberto Cinza,
Alexandre Crespo, Almeida e Sousa, Amadeu Baptista, Ana
Horta, Ana luna, Ana Teresa Pereira, António S. Oliveira,
António Pocinho, Carlos Leite, Carlos Luís Bessa, Fernando
Aguiar, Fernando Guerreiro, Gilberto Gouveia, "Ghostrider",
Jaime Freire, João Morales, "Jorj", José Luís Peixoto, José
Mário Silva, José Oliveira, Lurdes Júdice, M. Parissy,
Manuel Cintra, Manuel de Freitas, Miguel Clara Vasconcelos,
Nuno Moura, Partícias Brito, Pedro d'Orey, Rui Carlos
Souto, Rui Pedro, Rita Taborda Duarte, Rui Zink, Sergei
Grulosbjo, Tiago Gomes and Vítor Santos.
192.
JUDICE, Nuno. Geometria
variável. Lisbon: Dom
Quixote, 2005. Poesia do Século XX, 61. Sm. 4°, orig. plain
wrps. with printed label tipped on to front cover. 131 pp.
ISBN: 972-20-2690-9. $25.00
Poet,
critic, and author of fiction, Nuno Júdice was born in
Mexilhoeira Grande, Algarve, 1949. Having received a Ph.D.
in medieval literature from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa
in 1989, he has been responsible for critical editions of
the Sonetos
of
Antero de Quental, and the Cancioneiro
de
D. Dinis. His poetry has received the Prize of the Pen
Clube in 1985, the Prémio D. Dinis of the Fundação Casa de
Mateus in 1990, and that of the Associação Portuguesa de
Escritores in 1994. His novel Por todos
os séculos was awarded the
Prémio Bordalo by the Casa da Imprensa. His fiction and
poetry have been widely translated into Spanish, and some
of his work exists as well in Italian, French, and English.
See Fernando Guimarães in Machado, ed., Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, pp. 252-3;
also Fernando J.B. Martinho in Biblos,
II, 1300-1.
193.
LEAL, Leonilde. Quando os
Tamancos de música, poema. Lisbon:
Escritor, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 103, (1) pp., (1
blank l., 1 l.). ISBN: 972-8928-01-7. $22.00
The
author has published four novels, seven volumes of short
stories, an imaginary diary, and six volumes of poetry, one
of which, Na lassidão
do sono, was awarded
the Prémio Raul de Carvalho.
194.
MARTINS GARCIA, José. No crescer
dos dias (poemas). Lisbon:
Salamandra, 1996. Colecção Garajau, 37. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 78 pp. ISBN: 972-689-104-4. $18.00
As
of ca. 1999 the author had published 6 novels (several of
which enjoyed more than one edition), 7 collections of
short stories, 4 volumes of poetry, two of plays, and 11
volumes of essays and criticism.
195.
MENDONÇA, José Tolentino. A estrada
branca. Lisbon: Assírio
& Alvim, 2005. Colecção Poesia Inédita Portuguesa. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 48 pp., (4 ll.). ISBN: 972-37-0998-8.
$18.00
The
author has published several previous volumes of poetry, at
least one collection of essays, and at least one play.
196.
MOURA, Albino. As palavras
e as sombras. Lisbon:
DestArte, 2004. Poesia da Cor, 2. Lge. 4° (27 x 21.1 cm.),
orig. illus. wrps. 80 pp., profusely illus., much in color.
ISBN: 972-8496-27-3. $50.00
197.
PAÇOS, Fernando de, pseud. [i.e.
F. Zamith de Passos Silva, (1924-2003)].
Obra
poética. Preface by
Esther de Lemos. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2005.
Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. Lge. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 156 pp., (1 l.). One of 800 copies. ISBN:
972-27-1385-X. $26.00
The
preface occupies pp. 7-13. See João Bigotte Chorão
in Biblos,
III, 1343-4.
198.
PIRES CABRAL, Rui. Longe da
aldeia. Lisbon: Averno,
2005. Averno, 007. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 51 pp., (2
ll.). One of 350 copies. ISBN: none. $18.00
199.
RODRIGUES LOBO, Francisco. O pastor
peregrino. Maria Lúcilia
Gonçalves Pires, ed. Lisbon: Vega, 2004. Obras Clássicas da
Literatura Portuguesa, Século XVII, 152. Lge. 8°, orig.
prtd. wrps. 308 pp. ISBN: 972-699-801-8. $48.00
SECOND
PORTUGUESE PASTORAL NOVEL. The first edition appeared in
1608, the same year of the second edition of the first
Portuguese pastoral novel, Rodrigues Lobo's
A
primavera, of which this
is a sequel. The second edition, the last to appear during
the author's lifetime, was published in 1619. There are
also editions of 1651 and 1670. The present edition is
based on that of 1618, which does not differ significantly
from that of 1608, but using the earlier edition to correct
some errors in the 1618 edition.
Rodrigues
Lobo was a champion of the Portuguese language who had a
significant impact on the formation of the baroque style
throughout the Iberian Peninsula. "Entre os discípulos de
Camões, mas distinguindo-se . . . . justifica-se pela
posição central que ocupa na ficção bucólica maneirista,
embora não posamos deixar de o ter em mente como teorizador
ou preceptista da literatura, e ainda como poeta lírico." -
Saraiva & Lopes, História da
Literatura Portuguesa (9th ed.) p.
427. Forjaz de Sampaio called him the greatest Portuguese
bucolic poet. The fame of this important author "rests
chiefly on his three pastoral works of mingled prose and
verse: A
Primavera (1601) and its
second and third parts O Pastor
Peregrino (1608)
and O
Desenganado (1614). . . .
Look into them where you will, beautiful descriptions,
showing deep love of Nature, will present themselves, and
delightful verse and harmonious prose, excellent in its
component parts . . . ." - Bell, Portuguese
Literature, pp. 153-4.
Bell also writes of Rodrigues Lobo's "great and enduring
fame." - p. 155. Each part of this trilogy stands on its
own as a separate work; the first editions of each are
rare, and all seventeeth-century editions are rather
scarce.
Through
a manuscript of a trial before the Inquisition of Miguel
Lobo, the author's brother, it has become known that his
father was a New Christian, while his mother was half New
Christian; thus Rodrigues Lobo was three quarters Jewish in
inheritance. It is clear, on the other hand, that the
family had attained a status, albeit shaky, of borderline
petty nobility, and that Rodrigues Lobo identified with the
Catholic nobility.
200.
SILVA CARVALHO, Armando. Sol a
sol. Lisbon: Assírio
& Alvim, 2005. Colecção Poesia Inédita Portuguesa. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 159, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-37-1004-8. $28.00
This
author of fiction and poetry, born near Obidos, 1938, has
been awarded several literary prizes. He worked as a lawyer
for a brief time, then opted for journalism. His work has
been translated into Spanish, Italian, French, English,
German, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, and Latvian. He has
translated into Portuguese, among others, Stéphane
Mallarmé, Marguerite Duras, Samuel Beckett, Aimé Césaire,
and Andrei Voznessenski. See Machado, Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, pp
103-4.
201.
THOMAZ, Judith. Poema para
um homem só, novela. Lisbon:
Escritor, 2004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 98 pp., (7 ll.).
ISBN: 972-8590-87-3. $22.00
The
author, a Lisbon native, has previously published a novel
and a collection of short stories. She is said to have in
the press another novel, a work of "metaphysics" and a
play. She is also said to be at work on yet another
novel.