RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 62

July 2008



PART XVIII:
Poetry


See also item 2, 204, 206, 237, 251, 353, 366, 368 & 373.
255. AGUIAR, Fernando, and Silvestre Pestana, eds. Poemografias: perspectivas da poesia visual portuguesa. Lisbon: Ulmeiro, 1985. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 274 pp., (1 l.), considerable illus. ISBN: none. $45.00
Significant anthology of concrete and other visual poetry by Abílio, Alberto Pimenta, Ana Hatherly, Antero de Alda, António Aragão, António Barros, E.M. de Melo e Castro, Fernando Aguiar, José-Alberto Marques, Salette Tavares, and Silvestre Pestana.


256. AMARAL, Ana Luísa. Entre dois rios e outras noites. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2007. Campo da Poesia, 82. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 126 pp. ISBN: 978-989-625-268-7. $30.00
The author has published at least eleven volumes of poetry and two books for children. In 2007 she was awarded the Prémio Literário Casino da Póvoa, Correntes d'Escritas, and in Italy she was awarded the Giuseppe Acerbi Poetry Prize. Her poetry has been translated into Spanish, English, Italian, French, German, Dutch, Russian, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian. Her works have appeared in numerous Portuguese and foreign poetry anthologies. She was born in Lisbon in 1956, and holds a Ph.D. in North American literature, having written her thesis on Emily Dickinson. She is an associate professor at the Faculdade de Letras in Oporto. Her works include A génesis do amor (2005), Imagens (2000), A história da aranha Leopoldina (2000) and Gaspar, o dedo diferente e outras histórias (1998).


257. AZEVEDO, António Manuel Caldeira. Ode ao Douro. Porto: Lello, 2007. Colecção Obras de Referência. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 46 pp., (5 ll.). ISBN: 978-972-48-1857-3. $22.00
The author, born in 1947, has written on Nietzsche, Fernando Pessoa, Guerra Junqueiro and Francisco Sanches.


258. BOCAGE, [Manuel Maria l'Hedoux de Barbosa du (1765-1805)]. Obra completa. Volume I: Sonetos. Daniel Pires, ed. 2nd ed. Porto: Caixotim, 2008. Obras Clássicas da Literatura Portuguesa, Século XVIII, 112. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 422 pp, (2 ll.), port. ISBN: 978-972-8651-46-5. Volume I. $50.00
First published 2004. Daniel Pires has devoted his usual graceful erudition and serious hard work to the thorny problem of Bocage. Barbosa du Bocage (1765-1805), an accomplished Arcadian poet (known as Amano Sadino) with strong romantic tendencies, wrote a great deal of occasional verse. Bell thought he was capable of much greater things. The poet was an infantry soldier, but deserted at Damão and spent some time wandering through China, Macao and Goa before returning to Portugal. Tried and imprisoned on the basis of the anti-monarchical and anti-Catholic tone of his poems, when he was released he spent the rest of his life mostly doing translations, at which he was quite skilled. His work has always remained in print, though often in questionable editions. Always popular, Bocage has been gaining the esteem of critics. The present groundbreaking edition is by far superior to anything that came before. As of late 2007, only the first, second, third, fourth and seventh volumes had appeared.


259. BOCAGE, [Manuel Maria l'Hedoux de Barbosa du (1765-1805)]. Obra completa. Volume II: Cantatas, canções, idílios, epístolas, odes e cantos. Daniel Pires, ed. Porto: Caixotim, 2005. Obras Clássicas da Literatura Portuguesa, Século XVIII, 132. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 359, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-8651-84-8. Volume II. $50.00


260. BOCAGE, [Manuel Maria l'Hedoux de Barbosa du (1765-1805)]. Obra completa. Volume III: Apólogos ou fábulas morais, epigramas, poesia sobre mote, poesia anacreôntica, endechas, elegias, epicédios. Daniel Pires, ed. Porto: Caixotim, 2007. Obras Clássicas da Literatura Portuguesa, Século XVIII, 154. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. xxvi, 278 pp., (1 l.), frontisport., footnotes. ISBN: 978-972-8651-84-8. Volume III. $50.00


261. BOCAGE, [Manuel Maria l'Hedoux de Barbosa du (1765-1805)]. Obra completa. Volume IV: Sátiras, madrigal, poesias várias, epitáfios, improvisos, elogios, dramas, prólogos de peças teatrais, fragmentos—Anexos. Daniel Pires, ed. Porto: Caixotim, 2007. Obras Clássicas da Literatura Portuguesa, Século XVIII, 172. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. xxviii pp., (1 l.), 301 pp., (1 l.), port., footnotes. ISBN: 978-989-8100-10-8. Volume IV. $50.00


262. BOCAGE, [Manuel Maria l'Hedoux de Barbosa du (1765-1805)]. Obra completa. Volume VII: Poesias eróticas, bulescas e satíricas. Daniel Pires, ed. 2nd ed. Porto: Caixotim, 2008. Obras Clássicas da Literatura Portuguesa, Século XVIII, 112. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 245 pp, (1 l.). ISBN: 978-972-8651-64-3.
Volume VII. $50.00

263. BRAGA, Jorge [de] Sousa. O poeta nu. Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim, 2007. Colecção Documenta Poetica, 113. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 340 pp., (5 ll. advt., 1 l. colophon). ISBN: 978-972-37-1191-2. $40.00
The author has published at least 16 other books since 1981.


264. CAMÕES, Luís de. Os Lusíadas. Vol. I [all published]. Fac–símile das duas edições datadas 1572. Lisbon: Academia das Ciências, 1980. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 773, (1) pp., (1 l.). ISBN: none. $75.00
Reproduces on facing pages the genuine and counterfeit first editions, both dated 1572. The copy of the original "Ee = S" edition came from the Biblioteca Nacional, Lisboa; the original "E = D" edition used was from the collection of D. Manuel II, now at the Ducal Palace, Vila Viçosa. A brief introductory study (pp. 7–21) provides an historical summary of opinions on the subject of which is the true first edition.


265. CARVALHO, Armando Silva. O amante japonês. Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim, 2008. Colecção Poesia Inédita Portuguesa, 112. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 111, (1) pp. ISBN: 978-972-37-1308-4. $25.00
Armando Silva Carvalho, author of fiction and poetry, born near Óbidos, 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.


266. CARVALHO, Gil de. Viagens, 1978-2008. Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim, 2008. Colecção Documenta Poetica, 123. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 351, (1) pp. ISBN: 978-972-37-1309-1. $40.00
The author has published at least nine previous books.


267. CARVALHO, Myriam Jubilot de, pseud. [i.e. (Maria de) Fátima Oliveira (Domingues)]. E no fim era a poesia. Lisbon: Vega, 2007. Colecção O Chão da Palavra, Poesia. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 87 pp., (3 ll., 1 l. advt.). ISBN: 978-972-699-881-5. $25.00
The author, born in Tavira in 1944, has published one previous volume of poetry, and is represented in several anthologies. She has also published works for children in reviews, including poems, stories and theatrical pieces, and was awarded a prize for her short story "O prisioneiro" by the Câmara Municipal of São Pedro do Sul in 1992.


268. CASTRO, Eugénio de. Obras poéticas . . . . Tomo I: Oaristos, Horas, Silva, Interlúdio, Belkiss, Teresias. Vera Vouga, ed. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2001. Obras Clássicas da Literatura Portuguesa, Século XIX, 85; Colecção Clássicos Portugueses (Campo de Letras), 21. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 470 pp., (1 blank l., 2 ll., 1 l. adv.), illus. ISBN: 972–610–458–0. $50.00
Facsimile reprints of the original editions. The editor's introduction occupies pp. 11-33. A total of six volumes are contemplated. On Eugénio de Castro [e Almeida, 1869-1944], who was responsible for the introduction of symbolism to Portugal, and was the movement's principal Portuguese practitioner, see Bell, Portuguese Literature, pp. 336-7; Etelvina Santos in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura Portuguesa, pp. 119-21; Saraiva & Lopes, História da literatura portuguesa (17th ed.), pp. 500, 699, 954, 1020-2, 1031-2; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, III, 85-7; and Fernando Guimarães in Biblos, I, 1074-6.


269. CASTRO, Eugénio de. Obras poéticas . . . . Tomo II: Sagramor, Salomé e outros poemas, A Nereide de Harlém, O Rei Galaor, Saudades do céu. Vera Vouga, ed. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2003. Obras Clássicas da Literatura Portuguesa, Século XIX, 86; Colecção Clássicos Portugueses (Campo de Letras), 25. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 450 pp., (2 ll., 1 l. adv.). ISBN: 972–610–592–7. $50.00
Facsimile reprints of the original editions.


270. CASTRO, Eugénio de. Obras poéticas . . . . Tomo III: Constança, Depois da Ceifa, A sombra do Quadrante, O anel de Polícrates, A fonte do sátiro. Vera Vouga, ed. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2007. Obras Clássicas da Literatura Portuguesa, Século XIX, 87; Colecção Clássicos Portugueses (Campo de Letras), 31. Lge. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 406 pp. ISBN: 978-989-625-251-9. $50.00
Facsimile reprints of the original editions.


271. COSTA, Paulo Navarro. A insurreição dos corpos. Lisbon: &etc., 2008. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 39, (1) pp. ISBN: 978-989-8150-03-5. $25.00
The author was born in Lisbon, 1980. At the time this volume appeared he was working for the Instituto de Medicina Molecular da Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa. This appears to be his first book.


272. FANHA, José, and José Jorge Letria, eds. A líra do povo: quinhentos quadras populares. Selecção, organízação e introdução de José Fanha e José Jorge Letria. Lisbon: Terramar, 2008. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 179 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 978-972-710-414-7. $30.00


273. GUSMÃO, Manuel. A terceira mão, poesia. Lisbon: Caminho, 2008. Colecção O Campo da Palavra. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 76 pp., (1 l.). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 978-972-21-1960-3. $25.00
The author has published at least six volumes of poetry, a work on the poetry of Carlos de Oliveira and another on Pessoa's Fausto, plus two critical anthologies on Pessoa, dealing with, respectively, the poetry of Alberto Caeiro and Ricardo Reis. Together with Kelly Basílio, he edited Poesia & ciência (1994). He has also translated Calderón de la Barca and Francis Ponge into Portuguese. Of his books of poems, Mapas: o assombro a sombra (1996; 2nd ed., 2000) was awarded the Prémio Pen Clube Português de Poesia, 1997. Teatros do tempo (3 eds., 2001) won the Grand Prémio APE de Poesia, 2002, and the Prémio Luís Miguel Nava, 2002. Migrações do fogo (2 eds., 2004) won the Prémio Dom Diniz for 2005.


274. LISBOA, António Maria. Poesia. Preface and edition by Mário Cesariny. Lisbon: Biblioteca Editores Independentes / Assírio & Alvim, 2008. BI.042. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 238 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 978-972-37-1324-4. $22.00


275. MARQUES, José Manuel Carreira. Cristal da pele, poemas por dentro das mãos. Jorge Vieira, illus. Porto: Campo das Letras, 2008. Colecção Instantes de Leitura, 93. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 168 pp., illus. ISBN: 978-989-625-272-4. $30.00
Born in Amadora, 1943, the author was a deputy to the constitutional assembly following the April 25 1974 revolution, and later served in the Assembleia da República before becoming a deputy to the European Parliament. In 1983 he was elected president of the Câmara Municipal de Beja, where he had moved at age 15. He was editor of the now defunct newspaper O camponês. A collaborator on Rádio Voz da Planície and Rádio Pax, he has written more than a hundred "crónicas" for the newspaper Diário do Alentejo and the review Mais Alentejo. In 2001 his Crónicas de ocasião appeared, as did his first book of poems, (In)certos instantes. In 2005 he published another book of poems, O sol incendiado.


276. MENEZES, Niki [i.e. Eunice Carla Maia de Menezes]. Entre a sombra e o corpo. Lisbon: Prefácio, and Luanda: Chá de Caxinde, 2007. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 69 pp. ISBN: 978-989-8022-37-0. $25.00
The author, born in 1973, was a founding member of Juventude Ecológica Angolana. At the time these poems appeared she was working as a journalist for Rádio Nacional de Angola.


277. PASCOAL, António Jacinto. As palavras do tribo. Lisbon: Novo Imbondeiro, 2005. Vozes. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 99, (1) pp. ISBN: 972-8102-59-3. $28.00
The author, born Coimbra, 1967, holds a master's degree in Lusophone African language and literature from the University of Coimbra. He wrote his thesis on Nicolás Guillen and José Craveirinha. His first book, Pátria e amor (1991), with a preface by Augustina Bessa-Luís, was awarded the Prémio da Associação Académica de Coimbra. Seven volumes of poetry followed from 1998 to 2006. He has also edited anthologies of poems, and is represented in a number of poetry anthologies.


278. PASCOAL, António Jacinto. Cello concerto. Lisbon: Novo Imbondeiro, 2006. Vozes. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 66 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 972-8102-68-2. $30.00


279. PESSOA, Fernando. Ficções do interlúdio: poemas publicados em vida. Fernando Cabral Martins, ed. Lisbon: Biblioteca Editores Independentes / Assírio & Alvim, 2007. BI.011. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 287, (1). pp. ISBN: 978-972-37-1249-0. $22.00


280. PESSOA, Fernando. Mensagem. Introduction by Fernando Cabral Martins. Lisbon: Biblioteca Editores Independentes / Assírio & Alvim, 2007. BI.004. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 95, (1). pp., illus. ISBN: 978-972-37-1213-1. $12.00


281. PIMENTA, Alberto. Metamorfoses do video. Lisbon: João Ribeiro, 1986. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. [132 pp.], illus. ISBN: none. $50.00
Born in Porto in 1937, the poet, essayist, performer, and university professor Alberto Pimenta has collaborated in various German, Italian, and Portuguese literary reviews. He has been an important vanguard figure in Portuguese literature. See Álvaro Manuel Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 380; Maria Irene Ramalho in Biblos, IV, 144-8; Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 451-2.


282. PIMENTA, Alberto. Tanto fogo e tanto frio: o último sonho de Olímpio. Introduction by Vitor Silva Tavares. Lisbon: &etc., 2007 [colophon: 2008]. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 50 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 978-989-8150-02-8. $25.00


283. SÁ-CARNEIRO, Mário de. Poemas. Fernando Cabral Martins, ed. Lisbon: Biblioteca Editores Independentes / Assírio & Alvim, 2007. BI.006. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 142 pp., (1 l.). ISBN: 978-972-37-1215-5. $15.00


284. TAVARES, [Ana] Paula. Ritos de passagem, poesia. Preface by Inocência Mata. Illustrations by José Luandino Vieira, pseud. [i.e. José Vieira Mateus da Graça]. Lisbon: Caminho, 2007. Colecção Outras Margens: Autores Estrangeiros de Língua Portuguesa, 71. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 70 pp., including 27 full page color illus. One of 700 copies. ISBN: 978-972-21-1961-0. $25.00
First illustrated edition (the poems were originally published in 1985). Ana Paula Tavares, a native of Huíla, Angola (b. 1952), has published several volumes of poetry, including Dizes-me coisas amargas como os frutos (2001), which was awarded the Prémio Mário António de Poesia for 2004 by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. She has also published a novella written jointly with Jorge Marmelo, while her poetry and prose are represented in a number of anthologies published in Portugal, Brazil, France, Germany, and Spain.


285. TORRES, [José Augusto] Aires (1893-1979). Obra poética. Preface by José Carlos Seabra Pereira. Biographical note by João Luís Sequeira. Porto: Caixotim, 2007. Colecção "Caixotim Clássico". 8°, publ. illus. bds. 138 pp., (3 ll.), 1 plate with portrait. ISBN: 978-989-8100-12-2. $30.00
The preface occupies pp. [7]-30.





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