RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 55

February 2007

 
PART XVI:

Poetry

 
See also items 45, 114, 132, 135, 186 & 204.

146. BARBOSA, Jorge (1902-1971). Poesia inédita e disperso. Prefácio, organização e notas de Elsa Rodrigues dos Santos. Lisbon: ALACÁfrica, Literatura, Arte e Cultura, 1993. Colecção Para a História das Literaturas Africanas de Expressão Portuguesa, 11. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 156 pp., (2 ll.), illus. ISBN: none. $20.00
 

147. CABRAL, A.M. Pires, Alberto Pimenta, Alexandre Sarrazola, et al. Merry Christmas. Lisbon: Averno, 2006. Averno, 014. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 75 pp., (2 ll.). One of 350 copies. ISBN: none. $20.00

Previously unpublished poems by the authors mentioned above, as well as by Fernando Cabral Martins, João Almeida, João Miguel Fernandes Jorge, Jorge Roque, Manuel de Freitas, Renata Correia Botelho, and Rui Pedro Gonçalves. Texts in Portuguese.

 
148. EMÍLIO, Rodrigo (1944-2004). Matando a sede nas fontes de Fátima: poemas de Fé e outras misteriologias naturais do Adro das Aparições. Porto: Antília Editora, 2006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 117 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-99612-4-7. $22.00

A bibliography of the author appears on pp. 7-19.

 
149. EMÍLIO, Rodrigo (1944-2004). Pequeno presépio de poemas de Natal. Porto: Antília Editora, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 188 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 972-99612-2-0. A bibliography of the author appears on pp. 7-19. $25.00

 
150. JÚDICE, Nuno. As coisas mais simples. Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2006. 4°, orig. prtd. wrps. 126 pp. ISBN: 972-20-3201-1. $26.00

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 has been responsible for critical editions of the Sonetos of Antero de Quental, and 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, while his Poesia reunida, 1967-2000 (2000), was awarded the Prémio da Crítica, 2001. 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.

 
151. MATEOS, José. A Névoa. Translated from the Spanish by the poet Joaquim Manuel Magalhães. Lisbon: Averno, 2006. Averno, 012. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 68 pp., (2 ll.). One of 350 copies. ISBN: none. $20.00

The translator provides a significant "posfácio" (pp. 63-8).

 
152. NAVE, Alexandre, José Félix Duque and Pedro Sena-Lino, eds. O livro de Natércia. Preface by Jorge Sampaio. Afterwards by José Osório de Oliveira and Natália Correia. Vila Nova da Famalição: Quasi, 2005. Biblioteca "Liberta em Pedra". 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 183 pp., (8 ll.), (1 l., 23 ll. color plates). ISBN: 989-552-109-X. $45.00

Poems about Natérica Freire and or selected in honor of her by Adília Lopes, Afonso Lopes Vieira, Ana Hatherly, Ana Luísa Amaral, António Cândido Franco, António Manuel Couto Viana, António Osório, António Ramos Rosa, Carlos Cuirogo, Casimiro de Brito, David Mourão Ferreira, Eduardo Pitta, Ernesto Guerra da Cal, Fernando Guimarães, Fernando Pinto do Amaral, Gonçalo M. Tavares, Jaime Rocha, João Rui de Sousa, Jorge Reis-Sá, Luís Adriano Carlos, Nuno Júdice, Orlando Neves, Pedro Maxia, Pedro Tamen, Rui Lage, Rui Zink, Ruy Cinatti, valter hugo mãe, Vasco Graça Moura, and others. The illustrations are by Ana Fraga, Ana Galvão, Ana Hatherly, Ana Maria Botelho, António Olaio, Artur do Cruzeiro Seixas, Bernardo Marques, Bruno Gaspar, Emília Nadal, Estela Baptista Costa, Francisco Simões, Ilda David', Joaquim Correia, Júlio, Malangatana, Manuel Amado, Maria João Lopes Fernandes, Maria Keil, Maria Lusitano, Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Mário de Oliveira, Martins Correia, and Tiago Mestre. The poet, author of fiction, journalist, translator and musical composer Natércia [Ribeiro de Oliveira] Freire [dos Santos] was born in Benavente, 1920. See Álvaro 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.

 
153. PESSOA, Fernando [originally written under the heteronym Álvaro de Campos]. Tabacaria. / Bureau de Tabac. / Estanco. / Tabaccheria. /Tobacconist's. French translation by Anrmand Guibert. Spanish translation by Ramiro Fonte. Italian translation by Neva Cerantola. English translation by Jonathan Griffin. Lisbon: Guerra & Paz, 2006. Lge. 8°, publ. illus. bds. 127, (1) pp., profusely illus. ISBN: 989-8014-21-0. $40.00

One of Pessoa's most important shorter poems, in five languages, accompanied by artistic photographs of Lisbon, and succinct notes about Pessoa.
 

154. PIRES, Diogo (Évora, 1517-Ragusa, 1599). Antologia poética. Introdução, tradução, comentário e notas de Carlos Ascenso André. Coimbra: INIC / Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos da Universidade de Coimbra, 1983. Textos Humanísticos Portugueses, 1. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 128 pp., (1 l.). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: none. $38.00

Preface by Américo da Costa Ramalho. The anthology of this sixteenth-century Portuguese Jewish poet, one of the most noteable Portuguese humanists, who lived a good part of his life in Ragusa, is enriched by extensive and interesting notes as well as significant introductory material. See Carlos Ascenso André in Biblos, IV, 208-10.

 
155. RUTH, Isabel. Fotopoesia. Preface by Urbano Tavares Rodrigues. Lisbon: Guerra & Paz, 2006. Colecção Tempos Modernos. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 221 pp., profusely illus. ISBN: 989-8014-17-2. $40.00

The dancer and actress Isabel Ruth was born in Tomar, 1940. She studied at the Royal Ballet School, London, and worked with the Ballet de Lisboa and the Grupo Experimental de Ballet. She has worked in films directed by Paulo Rocha, António Macedo, Manoel de Oliveira, José Álvaro de Morais, João Botelho and Fernando Lopes. In 1967 she participated in "Edipus Rex" by invitation of Pier Paolo Pasolini. She has also appeared on the Portuguese stage, most notably in Fernando Amado's version of O marinheiro by Fernando Pessoa. On the verso of the half title is stated "Concepção Artística e Paginação Luís Miguel Castro".

 
156. VIANA, António Manuel Couto. Restos de quase nada e outras poesias. Lisbon: Averno, 2006. Averno, 011. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 58 pp., (3 ll.). One of 500 copies. ISBN: none. $20.00