RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 54
December
2006
PART
XVI:
Poetry
See also
items 11, 107, 125 & 291.
146.
ABREU, António Graça de. China de
lótus. Lisbon: Vega,
2006. O Chão da Palavra, Poesia. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 98
pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 972-699-832-8. $18.00
The
author has published three previous volumes of
poetry, China de
jade (1997),
China de
seda (2001),
and Terra de
musgo e alegria (2005), as well
as two volumes on Chinese history in collaboration with
Zhang Weimin and Roderich Ptak, Sinica
Lusitana I and II
(Fundação Oriente, 2000-2003). 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.
147.
ALEGRE [de Melo Duarte], Manuel. Atlantico.
Lisbon: Dom
Quixote, 1989. 8, orig. illus. wrps. 244 pp. ISBN:
972-20-0756-4. $25.00
The
author, born in Agueda in 1936, has a vast poetical output
and has garnered a good number of prestigious literary
prizes. Long-time left-wing socialist deputy to the
Nacional Assembly, he was politically active against the
regime prior to 1974, spending time in prison and exile.
See Machado, Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, p. 19;
also Dicionário
cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 359-62;
and Clara Rocha in Biblos,
I, 121-2.
148.
ALEGRE [de Melo Duarte], Manuel. Coimbra
nunca vista. 2nd ed. Lisbon:
Dom Quixote, 2003. Poesia Século XX. 4°, orig. prtd. wrps.
with printed label tipped on to front cover. 91 pp., (2
ll.). ISBN: 972-20-2472-8. $23.00
First
published 1995. Awarded the Prémio da Crítica by the
Associação International de Críticos Literários, the Grande
Prémio de Poesia da A.P.E., and the Prémio Pessoa.
149.
ALEGRE [de Melo Duarte], Manuel. Praça da
Canção; O Canto e as armas. Lisbon: Dom
Quixote, 2003. Biblioteca de Bolso, Literatura, 10. 12°,
orig. illus. wrps. 232 pp., (2 ll. advt.). ISBN:
972-20-1765-9. $20.00
150.
ALEGRE [de Melo Duarte], Manuel. Sete
sonetos e um quarto. João Cutileiro,
illus. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2005. 4°, publ. cloth with
printed and illus. paper label tipped onto front cover. 35
pp., (2 ll.), portrait, 7 full-page illus., 1 double-page
illus., printed in red throughout. ISBN: 972-20-2930-4.
$22.00
151.
AMARAL, Fernando Pinto do. Poesia
reunida, 1990-2000. Lisbon: Dom
Quixote, 2000. Poesia do Século XX, 34. 8°, orig. prtd.
wrps. port., 487 pp., (2 ll., 1 l. adv.). ISBN:
972-20-1704-7. $38.00
The
author has published several volumes of poetry, essays (one
volume of which, O mosaico
fluido: modernidade e pós-modernidade na poesia portuguesa
mais recente, 1991, was
awarded the Prémio do Pen Club), and has translated
Baudelaire (1992, Grande Prémio de Tradução da APT e do Pen
Club) and Paul Verlaine.
152.
ANDRADE, Eugénio de, ed. Antologia
pessoal da poesia portuguesa. 7th ed. Porto:
Campo das Letras, 2002. Colecção Campo da Poesia, 22. 8°,
publ. bds. with d.j. 545 pp., (6 ll., 1 blank l., 3 ll.).
ISBN: 972-610-225-1. $45.00
First
published 1999. Includes poets from the thirteenth through
the twentieth centuries. The twentieth century is best
represented; after that are the thirteenth and sixteenth.
The final three leaves contain a bibliography of the
principal works of Eugénio de Andrade.
153.
ANDRADE, Eugénio de. As mãos e
os frutos. 16th ed. José
Rodrigues, illus. Preface by Jorge de Sena. "Marginália" by
Vitorino Nemésio. Grafic design by Armando Alves. Porto:
Campo das Letras / Fundação Eugénio de Andrade, 1998.
Colecção Campo da Poesia, 2. Folio (29.8 x 21.3 cm.), orig.
plain wrps. with d.j. 113 pp., (1 l.), 11 full page illus.
ISBN: 972-8146-54-X. $60.00
154.
ANDRESEN, Sophia de Mello Breyner. Antologia:
Mar. 5th ed.,
revised and considerably augmented. Selected, edited and
with prefaces by Maria Andresen de Sousa Tavares. Posfácio
by Francisco de Sousa Tavares. Lisbon: Caminho, 2004. 8°,
orig. illus. wrps. 186 pp., (3 ll. bibliography of the
author). ISBN: 972-21-1392-5. $22.00
First
published 2001, in a greatly abbreviated form. The
"posfácio" to this anthology occupies pp. 167-75. A brief
introductory essay by the editor which originally appeared
in the first edition occupies pp. 7-8; an editor's preface
original to the present edition follows, on pp. 9-11. The
author was awarded the prestigious Prémio Camões in
1999.
155.
ANDRESEN, Sophia de Mello Breyner. Ilhas.
[5th ed.] Luis
Manuel Gaspar, ed. Lisbon: Caminho, 2004. Obra Poética,
Edição Definitiva. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 81 pp., (3 ll.
bibliography of the author). ISBN: 972-21-1604-5. $18.00
This
book was awarded the Prémio D. Dinis by the Fundação da
Casa de Mateus, 1989, the Grande Prémio de Poesia Inasset /
Inapa, 1990, and the Grande Prémio de Poesia of the Pen
Club, 1990. In a note on p. 77, Luis Manuel Gaspar explains
that this text has four previous independent editions,
published by Texto Editora from 1989 to 2001. It was
included, with minor changes by the author, in volume III
of the Obra
poetica of Sophia de
Mello Breyner Andresen, first published in 1991 (3rd ed.,
1999). The present version respects those changes, while
revising the text to conform with present orthographic
orthodoxy, except where the author deliberately
transgressed, such as her use of the word "dansam".
156.
COUTO, Mia. Raiz de
orvalho e outros poemas. 3rd ed. thus.
Lisbon: Caminho, 2001. Uma Terra Sem Amos, 105. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 99 pp. ISBN: 972-21-1302-X. $18.00
This
is the third printing of a revised and expanded second
edition of a book first published in Maputo, 1983, and long
out-of-print. The first printing appeared in 1999. Born in
Beira, Mozambique, in 1955, Mia Couto was editor of the
review Tempo
and
of the newspaper Noticias de
Maputo. His first
novel, Terra
somnambula, appeared in
1991 (8th ed., 2004); a second, Estórias
abensonhadas, followed in
1994 (7th ed., 2003). A Varanda
do Frangipani (1996, 7th ed.,
2003), has achieved both critical and commercial success.
He has published several collections of short stories, at
least one of which - Vozes
anoitecidas - was
translated into English and published by Heinemann; his
books have been translated as well into Spanish, French,
Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, and Dutch. He has also
published a book of poetry. The Prémio Vergílio Ferreira
was awarded to Mia Couto in 1999 for his work as a
whole.
157.
FREIRE, Natércia (1919-2004). Poesia
completa. Prefácio de
Maria Gabriela Llansol. Edição e notas de Pedro Sena-Lino.
Vila Nova da Famalição: Quasi, 2006. Biblioteca "Liberta em
Pedra". Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 441 pp., (13 ll., 1 l.
advt., 1 l. colophon). One of 750 copies. ISBN:
989-552-167-7. $45.00
The poet,
author of fiction, journalist, translator and musical
composer Natércia [Ribeiro de Oliveira] Freire [dos Santos]
was born in Benavente, 1920. See Alvaro Manuel Machado
in Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, pp. 203-4;
João Bigotte Chorão in Biblos,
II, 702-4; and Dicionário
cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 80-1. This
is the third volume in the collection "Biblioteca 'Liberta
em Pedra'", the purpose of which is to publish the complete
works of this author, including some texts said to be
previously unpublished.
158.
JUDICE, Nuno. Poesia
reunida, 1967-2000, acompanhada do livro inédito Rimas e
Contas. Preface by
Teresa Almeida. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2000. Poesia do Século
XX, 39. 4°, orig. printed wrps. with printed label tipped
onto front cover. 1117 pp. ISBN: 972-20-1846-9. $60.00
Awarded
the Prémio da Crítica, 2001. Poet, playwright, 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
is responsible for critical editions of the
Sonetos
of
Antero de Quental, and of the Cancioneiro
of
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.
159.
MOREIRA, Helga. Agora que
falamos de morrer. Lisbon:
&etc., 2006. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 79 pp., (1 l.
index, 1 l.). ISBN: 972-8539-89-4. $25.00
The
author published several books between 1978 and 1996. She
collaborated in the volume Vozes e
olhares do feminino (2001). She
published at least three more books (at least two of which
were of poetry), in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
160.
PAÇO D'ARCOS, Anrique, pseud. [i.e Henrique Belford Correia
da Silva, Conde de Paço de Arcos, 1906-1993].
Poesias
completas. 2nd ed.,
revised and augmented. Introduction by António Cândido
Franco. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2006. Biblioteca de
Autores Portugueses. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 444 pp.,
(1 l.), illus. One of 800 copies. ISBN: 972-27-1520-8.
$45.00
First
published by the Imprensa Nacional, 1993. The present
edition contains six previously unpublished poems found
among the author's papers, and a revised preface by António
Cândido Franco, whose "Estudo crítico" had appeared in the
previous edition. Omitted is the introductory note by José
Miguel Júdice which appeared in the 1993 edition. The 1993
edition, in similar format, contained only 302 pp. See
Alvaro Manuel Machado in Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, p. 359; Mário
Garcia in Biblos,
III, 1340-2; and Dicionário
cronológico de autores portugueses IV,
279-80.
161.
PINTO, Eduardo Bettencourt. Tango nos
pátios do sul. Porto: Campo
das Letras, 2001. Colecção Campo da Poesia, 31. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 86 pp. ISBN: 972-610-315-0. $18.00
The
author has published at least nine volumes of poetry, four
of fiction, and been represented in a number of
anthologies. A native of Gabela, Angola (b. 1954), he was
living in Vancouver in 2000, and was still residing in
Canada at last report (in 2004), working as a government
employee. He has been editor and information consultant for
the online literary Seixo
Review, and has
written for publications in Canada, the United States,
Portugal and Brazil.
162.
RODRIGUES (MOREIRA), João de Deus. O clamor
dos campos. Lisbon :
Colibri, 2006. Tribuna Livre. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 110
pp., (1 l. advt., 1 l.). One of 500 copies. ISBN:
972-772-656-9. $20.00
The
author, born in 1940 in the Freguesia de Morais, Concelho
de Mac edo de Cavaleiros in Trás-os-Montes, has published
two previous books, monographs about his native
region.
163.
TORGA, Miguel, pseud. [i.e., Adolfo Correia da
Rocha]. Antologia
poética. 6th ed. Lisbon:
Dom Quixote, 2001. Autores de Língua Portuguesa. 8°, orig.
illus. wrps. 491 pp. ISBN: 972-20-1627-X. $40.00
First
appeared in 1981. This edition is based on the 4th, Coimbra
1994, which was prepared by the author.
164.
VERDE, [José Joaquim] Cesário (1855-1886).
Poesia
completa, 1855-1886. Fixação de
texto e nota introdutória de Joel Serrão. Revisão e notas
de Jorge Serrão. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2001. Poesia do
Século XX, 42. 4°, orig. printed wrps. with printed label
tipped onto front cover. 166 pp. ISBN: 972-20-1951-1.
$25.00
On
Cesário Verde, see Fernando Guimarães in Machado,
ed., Dicionário
de literatura portuguesa, pp.
491-3; Dicionário
cronológico de autores portugueses, II, 379-86;
Saraiva and Lopes, História da
literatura portuguesa (16th ed.), pp.
966-9; 973, 975-6, 1007-9; et
passim, and
Grande
enciclopedia XXXIV, 650-2.
165.
VIEGAS, Francisco José. O medo do
inverno, seguido de Poemas Irlandeses.
Lisbon:
Caminho, 1994. Caminho da Poesia. Sm. 8°, orig. illus.
wrps. 71 pp. One of 600 copies. ISBN: 972-21-0915-4. $20.00
The
author, a literary critic, television personality and
journalist, was born in Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Alto Douro in
1962. He was editor of the review Ler,
published by the Círculo de Leitores, and has to his credit
at least eight novels, eight volumes of poetry, one volume
of plays, and three of travels. Under the pseudonym António
Sousa Homem he published Os ricos
andam tolos (crónicas de um reaccionário
minhoto). "Francisco
José Viegas é o melhor romancista surgido nestes últimos
tempos na literatura portuguesa." - Maria Teresa Horta,
quoted on the back cover of the dust jacket of his
detective novel, Um céu
demasiado azul (2000).
166.
VIEGAS, Francisco José. Todas as
coisas. Lisbon:
Caminho, 1988. Caminho da Poesia. 8°, orig. illus. wrps.
133 pp., (1 l. advt.). ISBN: none.
$18.00
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