RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 64

November 2008



PART XVIII:
Poetry


See also items 220, 222, 223, 224, 226, 231, 234, 235 & 236.
143. AL BERTO, pseud. [i.e. Alberto Raposo Pidiwell Tavares, 1948–1997]. O último coração do sonho. 2nd ed. Jorge Reis-Sá, ed. Introduction and appendix by Golgona Anghel. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2006. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 88 pp., (4 ll.). ISBN: 989–552-216-9. $22.00
First published 2000. On the surrealist poet Al Berto, see Machado, Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 17-8. Golgona Anghel has written the first biography of Al Berto, Muito tempo depois de mim (2006).


144. ALMEIDA, Catarina Nunes de. Prefloração. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2006. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 62 pp., (5 ll.). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 989–552-204-5. $20.00
Awarded the Prémio Daniel Faria, 2006. The author was born in Lisbon, 1982. In March 2006 she received in Trieste Prémio Castello di Duino International Poetry Prize. Her poetry has been published in literary reviews. This appears to be her first book.


145. ANDRADE, Eugénio de, pseud. [i.e. José Fontinhas, 1923-2005]. Primeiros poemas; As mãos e os frutos; Os amantes sem dinheiro. 2nd Quasi edition. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2008. Biblioteca “Obra de Eugénio de Andrade”. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 120 pp., (4 ll.), bibliography. ISBN: 978-989–552-232-0. $35.00
First published in the present form by Quasi in 2006, this is said to be the 14th edition of Primeiros poemas; the 23rd edition of As mãos e os frutos; and the 19th edition of Os amantes sem dinheiro. The volume includes a “Memória” (pp. 93-6) by António Lobo Antunes, which was first published in the review Visão (6 Maio 2004) and later in Terceiro livro de crónicas. It also contains a preface by Jorge de Sena (pp. 99-101) to the first volume of the 1973 Porto: Editorial Sarl edition of the Obra de Eugénio de Andrade, which included the sixth editon of As mãos e os frutos, and the fifth edition of Os amantes sem dinheiro. Also included are texts by Vitorino Nemésio, António Ramos Rosa, and Eduardo Lourenço (pp. 103-5), which had been included on the inner flaps of the wrappers of the previously mentioned 1973 edition, and had appeared, respectively, in the Diário Popular (22 December 1948), Árvore (Nº 1, Outono, 1951), and Tempo e poesia (1974). There is also a bibliographical note (pp. 109-10), and a bibliography of Eugénio de Andrade (pp. 113-20).The poet Eugénio de Andrade, born in Póvoa de Atalaia, concelho do Fundão, lived in Lisbon and Coimbra before settling in Porto, where he eventually created the Fundação Eugénio de Andrade. His poetry is most striking for the depth in his short poems. See Fernando Guimarães in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 34-5; Carlos Mendes de Sousa in Biblos, I, 264-71; and Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, V, 253-6.


146. BANDARRA, Gonçalo Annes. Trovas do Bandarra: Reprodução fac-similada da edição de Nantes (1644). Introdução de Aníbal Pinto de Castro. Lisbon: INAPA, 1989. Lge. 8°, orig. elaborately gilt-stamped wrps. 25 pp., (6 ll.), 53 [i.e. 63] pp., (4 ll.). ISBN: 972-9019-12-6. $95.00
First and only edition of this nicely produced facsimile, with the interesting introduction by Aníbal Pinto de Castro. One of 450 copies; an additional 50 copies were bound in leather. The Nantes 1644 edition is important and of great rarity. Out-of-print; we have one copy remaining in stock.


147. BAPTISTA, Amadeu. Antecedentes criminais: antologia pessoal, 1982-2007. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca Finita Melancolia. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 262 pp., (6 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-254-5. $38.00
The author’s book of poems O claro interior (2000) was awarded the Prémio de Poesia e Ficção de Almada, 2000 (Poesia). The author’s illustrated volume of poems, O som do vermelho: tríptico poético sobre pintura de Rogério Ribeiro (2003) was awarded the Grande Prémio APE 2004. Born in Porto in 1953, Baptista has published at least 16 volumes of poetry; he has also contributed to and co-edited Poesia digital: 7 poetas dos anos 80 (2002), in addition to having edited two other anthologies of poems. His unpublished “O claro interior” received the Prémio de Poesia e Ficção de Almada, 2000 (Poesia). Poems by Amadeu Baptista have been translated into Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, English, Romanian, Dutch, and Hebrew.


148. BARAHONA, António. O sentido da vida é só cantar. Lisbon: Assirio & Alvim, 2008. Colecção Documenta Poetica, 124. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 351, (1) pp. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 978-972–37–0922-3. $45.00
An anthology of his poems, edited by the author, including previously published as well as unpublished works. António Barahona has had published numerous volumes of poetry, six collections of essays, and more; he has contributed essays, some of a polemical nature, to magazines and reviews.


149. CARDOSO, Paulo Renato. Órbitas primitivas: fracções futuras de um tratado heliocêntrico, por Eva Ferreira. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 99 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-278-1. $25.00
Awarded the Prémio Daniel Faria, 2007. The author was born in Leiria, 1974. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on Kant in Paris at the EHESS (2006). In addition to his academic publications on the theory of subjectivity, he has collaborated in various literary projects. This book of poems appears to be his first solely written published literary work.


150. CLÁUDIO, Mário, pseud. [i.e. Rui (Manuel Pinto) Barbot Costa]. Gondelim de Tiago Beiga. Albuquerque Mendes, illus. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2008. Biblioteca Trabalhos do Olhar. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 53, (3 blank) pp., (3 ll.), profusely illus. in color. ISBN: 978-989-552-331-3. $35.00
The author, born in Porto, 1941, has published at least 20 volumes of fiction, some of which were awarded literary prizes, as well as at least 6 volumes of poetry, two each of theater and criticism, 5 volumes of essays and travels, a photobiography of António Nobre, and an anthology. He has also translated William Beckford and Virginia Woolf, and wrote, under his real name, a book on illiteracy in Portugal. His work has been translated into English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Hungarian, Czech, and Serbo-Croatian. See Álvaro Manuel Machado in Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 129-31; also Cristina R. Cordeiro Oliveira in Biblos, I, 1168-9.


151. EMÍLIO-NELSON, José, pseud. [i.e. José Emílio de Oliveira Marmelo e Silva]. Bibliotheca Scatologica. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 73 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-304-7. $25.00
The author, an economist, was born in Espinho, 1948. He has published over 20 volumes of poetry, and has edited at least one anthology.


152. FERRAZ, Eucanaã. Rua do mundo. Posfácio de Rosa Maria Martelo. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca Arranjos para Assobio. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 115 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-237-8. $28.00
Born in Rio de Janeiro, 1961, the author has published in reviews and anthologies, as well as having at least eight previous books to his credit, four of which were books of poems. The 2002 Brazilian edition of his book of poems Desassombro (first published by Quasi, 2001),was awarded the Prémio Alphonsus de Guimaraens by the Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. At the time this volume appeared the author was professor of Brazilian literature at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.


153. FIGUEIREDO, Nuno [Alberto Marques] de. Amargas cores do tempo. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2006. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 85 pp., (4 ll.). One of 750 copies. ISBN: 989–552-199-5. $25.00
Awarded the Prémio de Poesia Natércia Freire for 2005 by the Câmara Municipal de Benevente. A native of Coimbra, the author’s Parábolas de salvação won the Prémio de Poesia Victor Matos e Sá, Universidade de Coimbra. Most of his other volumes of poetry (at least 7), were published under the name Alberto Marques; three of those volumes have received prizes. The author’s volume of poetry, A única estação, was awarded the Prémio de Poesia Cesário Verde by the Câmara Municipal de Oiras, 2001. His novel Arquipélago (1998)—one of his five volumes of fiction—won the Prémio Amorim Rosa. Figueiredo’s stories and poems have appeared in several anthologies.


154. GATO, Vasco. Omertà. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 67 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-252-1. $22.00
The author, born in 1978, has published at least four previous volumes of poetry.


155. GREGÓRIO, António. American Scientist. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 54 pp., (4 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-290-3. $22.00
The author was born in Leiria in 1970. This appears to be his first book. Despite the title, the text is entirely in Portuguese.


156. HELDER [Luís Bernardes de Oliveira], Herberto. A faca não corta o fogo: súmula & inédita. Lisbon: Assirio & Alvim, 2008. Colecção Grãos de Pólen, 9. 8°, publ. illus. bds. 207, (1) pp. ISBN: 978-972–37–1371-8. $60.00
This book went out-of-print almost immediately upon being published. In accordance with the wishes of the author, it will not be republished. We have one copy remaining. About half of the poems in this volume are said to be previously unpublished. On this major poet, born Funchal, 1930, considered by many the greatest living Portuguese poet, see Nuno Júdice in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 238: “Desde os primeiros livros (O Amor em Vista, 1958, e A Colher na Boca, 1961), a poesia de Herberto Helder tornou–se um momento ímpar na afirmação daquilo que, em Portugal, se pode considerar com a mais conseguida realização do visionarismo poético ocidental, que recebe a herança de Rimbaud e Lautréamont e passa pelo surrealismo.” Américo Lindeza Diogo in Biblos, II, 973, states “. . . Helder é dos nossos poetas contemporâneos o único que tem pingos de génio.”


157. JÚDICE, Nuno. O breve sentimento do eterno. Lisbon: Edições Nelson de Matos, 2008. Colecção Mil Horas de Leitura, 6. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 101 pp., illus. ISBN: 978-989-95597-8-3. $30.00
Includes facsimiles of the original manuscript poems, with transcriptions on facing pages. 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.


158. JUNQUEIRA, Ivan. O tempo além do tempo, antologia. Organização e prefácio de Arnaldo Saraiva. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca Arranjos para Assobio. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 169 pp., (2 ll.), bibliography. ISBN: 978-989-552-258-3. $30.00
Ivan [Nobrega] Junqueira was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1934. He studied medicine and philosophy, but interrupted these studies to enter journalism and literary activities, for which he has gained several significant prizes. He has collaborated in various newspapers and reviews, some of which he co-edited (Picacema, Poesia Sempre), publishing eight books of poems prior to this one (and another was said to be in press).


159. LOBO, José Fernando. No chão das palavras. Illus. by the author. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca Trabalhos do Olhar. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. (23 ll.), profusly illus. in color. ISBN: 978-989-552-094-7. $30.00


160. MASCARENHAS, Brás Garcia de (1596-1656). Viriato tragico em poema heroico. Reedição fac-similada com apresentação de José V. de Pina Martins. Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1996. Sm. folio (28.2 x 18.5 cm.), orig. prtd. wrps. with d.j. xlviii pp., (8 ll.), 780 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: none. $90.00
The author, a nobleman, led an adventurous life, escaping prison in Coimbra, fleeing to Spain, France, Flanders and Italy. Pardoned by D. João IV, he fought heroically in Brazil against the Dutch. A poem about these Brazilian exploits has been lost. The Viriato tragico, his only published work, first appeared posthumously in 1699. Other works are known in manuscript. See Barbosa Machado, I, 545-6; Saraiva & Lopes, História da literatura portuguesa, (16th ed.), pp. 385-6, 392; Zulmira Santos in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 300; Virgínia de Carvalho Nunes, in Biblos, III, 529-31.


161. MELLO, Pedro Homem de (1904-1984). Eu, poeta, e tu, cidade. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca Finita Melancolia. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 165 pp., (5 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-174-6. $35.00
Following the main text of this previously unpublished anthology of poems about the author’s native city of Porto (pp. 11-71), is a facsimile reproduction of the poet’s original manuscript. On the lawyer, educator, folklorist and poet Pedro [da Cunha Pimentel] Homem de Mello, contributor to Presença, see Fernando Guimarães in Machado, ed., Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, p. 308; Fernando Guimarães in Biblos, III, 618–19; and Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, IV, 195–7.


162. MELO, Sofia Pinto Correia. Casa Grande. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 64 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-291-0. $20.00
The author was born in Lisbon, 1968. A painter who attended the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, she has enjoyed several individual exhibitions. This appears to be her first book.


163. NAVE, Alexandre. Vão cães acesos pela noite. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2006. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 109 pp., (4 ll.). One of 500 copies. ISBN: 989–552-227-4. $25.00
This is the author’s second book of poems. His first book, Columbários & Sangradouros (2003), was awarded the Prémio Internacional de Poesia “León Felipe” and the Prémio Primeira Obra 2003 of P.E.N. Clube Português. He was born in Lisbon in 1969, and has co-edited at least two poetry anthologies.


164. NEMÉSIO, Vitorino Obras completas. Vol. I: poesia, 1916-1940. 2nd ed., revised. Luiz Fagundes Duarte, ed. Prologue by Luiz Fagundes Duarte. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2006. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 363 pp., (1 l. colophon). ISBN: 972-27-1459-7. $45.00
First published 1989 under the editorship of Fátima de Freitas Morna. The present editor has provided a new preface (pp. 15-27).


165. NEMÉSIO, Vitorino Obras completas. Vol. II, Tomo 1: poesia, 1950-1959. 2nd ed., revised. Luiz Fagundes Duarte, ed. Prologue by Luiz Fagundes Duarte. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2007. Biblioteca de Autores Portugueses. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 503 pp., (1 l. colophon). ISBN: 978-972-27-1535-5. $60.00
First published 1989 under the editorship of Fátima de Freitas Morna. The present editor has provided a new preface (pp. 17-30).


166. PEIXOTO, José Luís. A criança em ruínas. 6th ed. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 85 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-168-5. $25.00
The author’s first book of poems, originally published in 2001. His Morreste-me, ficção (2000) was awarded a prize by the Instituto Português da Juventude and the Clube Português de Artes e Ideias. His short novel, Nenhum olhar, first published in October, 2000, had reached a fifth edition in October, 2002, and was awarded the Prémio Saramago. He also wrote another novel, Uma casa na escuridão (2002; 2nd ed., 2002). Peixoto was born in Galveias, concelho de Ponte de Sor, distrito de Portalegre in 1974. He has published at least four volumes of fiction. He has also published at least two volumes of poetry, and has written plays. His novels have been published in France, Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Belarus and Japan.


167. PEIXOTO, José Luís. Gaveta de papéis. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2008. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”.Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 74 pp., (6 ll., including 2 ll. with illus. by the author’s children). ISBN: 978-989-552-338-2. $22.00
Awarded the Prémio Daniel Faria for 2008.


168. [PESSOA, Fernando]. Poemário Fernando Pessoa, 2009. Lisbon: Assirio & Alvim, 2008. Sm. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. (369 ll., printed on the rectos only). ISBN: 978-972–37–1370-1. $20.00
Desk calendar for the year 2009. Each day has a different citation of poetry by Pessoa.


169. RÉGIO, José, pseud. [i.e. José Maria dos Reis Pereira, 1901-1969]. Cântico negro: antologia poética. Selecção e organização de Luís Adriano Carlos, valter hugo mãe. Estudos introdutórios de Luís Adriano Carlos. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2005. Biblioteca Finita Melancolia. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 239 pp., (4 ll.). ISBN: 989–552-125-1. $35.00


170. REININHO, Rui. Sifilis. / Bilitis. 2nd ed. of both works. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2006. Biblioteca Sonora. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 36 pp. (2 ll.); 35 pp., (2 ll.). The two works bound together in dos-à-dos fashion. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 989-552-229-0. $22.00
Originally published by &etc. in 1983 as Siflis va Bilitis. The author was born in Porto in 1955. He was part of the Grupo Novo Rock with whom, beginning in 1981, he worked over a period of 25 years, recording 13 records, and performing in over a thousand concerts in France, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Brazil, the United States, Canada, and Macau. He has written music for the theater and cinema. In the realm of literature, Rui Reininho has collaborated in a number of poetical anthologies in Portugal and Galiza, and has published with Editora Palavra a collection of poetry from the 25 years previous to the publication of the present volume titled Liricas Come on & Anas.


171. REIS-SÁ, Jorge. Livro de estimação. Posfácio por Luís Adriano Carlos. Jorge Martins, illus. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2006. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 76 pp., (5 ll.), 1 color plate with text on verso. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 989–552-209-6. $22.00
Reis-Sá, born Vila Nova da Famalicão, 1977, was judged the winner of the III Jogos Florais de Vila Nova de Familicão. He was a founder of the publishing house Quasi Edições, and was also its director. He has published at least seven volumes of poetry, one of which has been published in both Portugal and Brazil as well as being translated into Italian and published in Italy. He has also collaborated in and edited significant anthologies. The novella Todos os dias (Dom Quixote, 2006) was apparently his first published work of longer fiction. His “memória” Por ser preciso (2004) was awarded the Prémio Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage the year it was published.


172. REIS-SÁ, Jorge. Poemas ao filho. Artur do Cruzeiro Seixas, illus. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2008. Biblioteca Trabalhos do Olhar. 8°, publ. buckram, with spine stamped in silver and color illus. tipped on the front cover. 41 pp., (3 ll.), 4 full page color illus. in text. ISBN: 978-989-552-215-6. $35.00


173. REIS-SÁ, Jorge. Vou para casa. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2008. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 61 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-317-7. $20.00


174. RIOS, João. O cão dos dedos. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2006. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”.Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 60 pp., (2 ll.). One of 500 copies. ISBN: 989–552-210-X. $20.00
The author has published at least six books of poems.


175. RODRIGUES, Daniel Maia-Pinto. Dióspiro: poesia reunida, 1977-2007. Selecção e organização de Luís Miguel Queirós e José Carlos Tinoco. Ensaio de Rui Lage. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca Finita Melancolia. Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 443 pp., (6 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-287-3. $50.00
The author was born in Porto in 1960. He has published ten previous books; A próxima cor (1993) was awarded the 1º Prémio Nacional Fox Côa-Cultural; O valete do sétimo naipe (1994) was part of the Ciclo “Um livro, uma vida, um objecto ou um gesto” integrated into the literary program for Porto 2001, Capital Europeia da Cultura. His poems are included in various anthologies, and he has written for the Jornal de notícias, as well as for numerous reviews.


176. TAVARES, Paulo. Pêndulo. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 99 pp., (2 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-289-7. $22.00
The author was born in Lisbon, 1977. At the time this volume appeared he was living in Montelavar in the Concelho de Sintra. This is his first book.


177. TEIXEIRA, José Rui. Oráculo. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2006. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 60 pp., (4 ll.). One of 600 copies. ISBN: 989–552-228-2. $22.00
Born in Porto in 1974, the author holds a master’s degree in medieval philosophy from the Faculdade de Letras, Porto. This appears to be his seventh volume of poetry. At the time this volume appeared, he was working on a doctoral dissertation in philosophy, and was editor of the publishing house Cosmorama.


178. VIEGAS, Francisco José. A noite, o que é? Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2007. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 74 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-211-8. $22.00
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, ten volumes of poetry, one volume of plays, and three of travels. Under the pseudonym António Sousa Homem he has 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). Longe de Manaus (2005), a detective novel featuring Jaime Ramos, the investigator who has appeared in previous works by Viegas, was awarded the Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela for 2006 by the Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (APE). At the time this volume appeared Francisco José Viegas was director of the Casa Fernando Pessoa in Lisbon.


179. VIEGAS, Francisco José. Se me comovesse o amor. 2nd ed. Vila Nova da Famalicão: Quasi, 2008. Biblioteca “Uma Existência de Papel”. Sm. 4°, orig. illus. wrps. 49 pp., (3 ll.). ISBN: 978-989-552-319-1. $20.00
First published 2007.



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