RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 50

February 2006

 
PART XVII:

Poetry

 
See also items 17, 105, 106, 115, 116, 133 & 181.

135. ALMEIDA, João. A formiga Argentina. Lisbon: Averno, 2005. Averno, 009. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 26 pp., (3 ll.). One of 350 copies. ISBN: none. $20.00

 
136. BOTTO, António. As canções de . . . . 18th ed. Lisbon: Presença, 1999. Sm. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 245 pp. ISBN: 972-23-2544-2. $25.00

 
137. CILLERUELO, José Angel. Antología. / Antologia. Joaquim Manuel Magalhães, ed. and trans. Lisbon: Averno, 2005. Averno, 008. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 133 pp., (1 l.). One of 350 copies. Text in Spanish and Portuguese. ISBN: none. $20.00

An interesting introductory essay by the editor occupies pp. 11-14. The title pages, table of contents, poems, and index are arranged with the original Spanish and the Portuguese translation on facing pages.

 
138. DEUS [Ramos], João de [1830-1896]. Poesia. Selecção e apresentação de Ana Maria Almeida Martins. Lisbon: Presença, 1998. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. in paper slipcase 82 pp., with CD tipped in. ISBN: none. $30.00

The poems are read on the CD by Natália Luiza.

 
139. FREITAS, Manuel de. A flor dos terramotos. Lisbon: Averno, 2005. Averno, 010. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 51 pp., (2 ll.). One of 350 copies. ISBN: none. $20.00

Manuel de Freitas, born 1972, is a published literary critic and art historian. In 1999 he published A noite dos espelhos , a brief essay about the poetry of Al Berto, Uma espécie de crime: apresentação do rosto de Herberto Helder (2001), as well as at least twelve volumes of his own poetry. According to a friend whose opinion we respect, Manuel de Freitas is the best twenty-first-century Portuguese poet!
 

140. GUERRA JUNQUEIRO, [Abílio Manuel, 1850-1923]. Poesia. Selecção e apresentação de Manuela Rêgo. Lisbon: Presença, 1997. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. in paper slipcase 79 pp., with CD tipped in. ISBN: none. $30.00

The poems are read on the CD by Luís Lucas.
 

141. LEITE, Ana Mafalda. Livro das encantações, poesia. Lisbon: Caminho, 2005. Outras Margens, 44. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 77 pp. One of 800 copies. ISBN: 972-21-1754-8. $22.00

Poet, literary historian and critic, Ana Mafalda Leite was born in Portugal, arriving in Tete-Moatize, Moçambique when only a few months old. She lived in Moçambique until she was 18, beginning her university studies at the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. At the time this book appeared she was a professor at the Universidade de Lisboa, specializing in African literature. She has written several books of literary history and criticism, focusing on Africa. This appears to be her fourth book of poetry published over a more than 20-year span.

 
142. [PESSOA, Fernando]. Alvaro de Campos (pseud.). Livro de versos. Edição crítica: introdução, transcrição, organização e notas de Teresa Rita Lopes. Lisbon: Estampa, 1993. Referência, 3. 8°, publ. illus. bds. 436 pp. ISBN: 972-33-0892-4. $65.00

The introductions, which occupy pp. 15-64, consitute a substantial contribution to the literature of Pessoa criticism and methodology.
 

143. [PESSOA, Fernando]. Alvaro de Campos, pseud. Vida e obras do engenheiro. Introdução, organização, transcrição e notas de Teresa Rita Lopes. 2nd ed., revised. Lisbon: Estampa, 1990. Colecção Ficções, 16. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 151 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-33-0767-7. $19.00

Contains 63 previously unpublished pieces.

 
144. ROBALO, José Carlos. Procissão por si só. Lisbon: Roma Editora, 2005. Colecção Casa de Poetas, 15. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 127 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-8490-83-6. $22.00
 

145. TEIXEIRA, Paulo. Orbe, poesia. Lisbon: Caminho, 2005. O Campo da Palavra. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 82 pp. One of 800 copies. ISBN: 972-21-1749-1. $22.00

Poems whose themes are ancient Greece and Rome. This post-modernist author has published at least ten previous works.