RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 46
June
2005
PART
XXI:
Children's
Books
275.
LETRIA, José Jorge. Amiga
água. 2nd ed. André
Letria, illus. Lisbon: Garrido, 2003. 4° (24 x 20 cm.),
orig. illus. wrps. (24 ll.), profusely illus. in black,
white and blue. ISBN: 972-8471-71-8. $22.00
The
author'sA dúvida
melódica was awarded the
Prémio de Poesia Cidade da Amadora, 1993. Born in Cascais
in 1951, he has published at least 33 volumes of poetry, a
number of which have also been awarded literary prizes,
including the Prémio Eça de Queiroz-Município de Lisboa
(twice), the Prémio Gulbenkian, and others. See
Machado, Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, p. 266. From
January 1994 until January 2002 the author was Vereador da
Cultura for the Câmara Municipal de Cascais. André Letria,
his son, is a professional illustrator.
276.
LETRIA, José Jorge. Aqui há
gato! Alpiarça:
Garrido, 2002. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 48 pp., (1 l.),
numerous illus. in text, 6 color plates. ISBN:
972-8738-34-X. $19.00
277.
LETRIA, José Jorge. Um comboio
no Entroncamento da memória. Nair Valente,
illus. Alpiarça: Garrido, 2002. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 24
pp., (1 l.), illus. (using orange in some illus.). ISBN:
972-8738-00-5. $18.00
Nair Valente
was born in Luanda, 1975. She has had several exhibitions
of her paintings.
278.
LETRIA, José Jorge. Um
eléctrico chamado Tejo. 2nd ed. André
Letria, illus. Alpiarça: Garrido, 2002. 4° (20 x 20 cm.),
orig. illus. wrps. 33, (1) pp., profusely illus. in black,
white and orange. ISBN: 972-8471-67-X. $15.00
First
published January 2002, this second edition appeared in
February the same year.
279.
MELLO BREYNER ANDRESEN, Sophia de. Os três
reis do oriente. Fedra Santos,
illus. Porto: Figueirinhas, 2002. 4° (19.9 x 20 cm.), orig.
illus. wrps. 42 pp., (3 ll.), 4 full-page color illus.
ISBN: 972-661-200-4. $18.00
First
separate edition. This work originally appeared as part of
the author's Contos
expemplares.
280.
REBELO, Tiago. Amarguinha
tem um irmão. Danuta
Wojciechowska, illus. Queluz de Baixo: Presença, 2005.
Colecção A Arca do Tesouro, 7. Sm. 4° (24.8 x 17.4 cm.),
publ. illus. bds. 39 pp., illus. in color. ISBN:
972-23-2974-X. $18.00
The
author has written five novels and four previous volumes of
stories for children. He has worked as exectutive director
of a TVI news program.
281.
VAZ, Katherine. O homem que
era feito de rede. Alamo Oliveira,
illus. Vamberto Freitas, trans. Lisbon: Salamandra, 2002.
Colecção Garajau, (Série Especial), 8. 4° (23 x 21 cm.),
orig. illus. wrps. 62 pp., 4 ll. color plates. Text in
Portuguese and English. ISBN: 972-689-202-3. $28.00
The
translator supplies a brief preface. Originally appeared as
"The Man Who Was Made of Netting" in Tin House
Magazine, volume II,
number 2 (2001).