RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 67
November
2009
PART XXII:
Children’s Books
See also item 252.
351.
LETRIA, José Jorge. Quando o
homem beijou a lua. Carla Nazareth,
illus. Alfragide: Oficina do Livro, 2009. Lge. 8°, publ.
illus. bds. 46 pp., (1 l.), profusely illus. in color.
ISBN: 978-989-555-461-4. $30.00
352.
MÃE, Valter Hugo. A história
do homem caldado. Valter Hugo
Mãe, illus. Matosinhos: BOOKLÂNDIA [i.e. Quidnovi], 2009.
Colecção Abrir os Olhos, 2. Oblong 8°, publ. illus. bds.
[16 ll.], profusely illus. in color. ISBN:
978-989-628-132-8. $30.00
Born in
Henrique de Carvalho, Angola in 1971, the author was
awarded the Prémio Revelação de Poesia Almeida Garrett for
1999, by the Associação dos Jornalistas e Homens de Letras
do Porto for his book egon
schiele auto-retrato de dupla
encarnação. He was also
awarded the Prémio José Saramago, 2007, by the Fundação
Círculo de Leitores, for his novella O remorso
de baltazar serapião (2007). A
dramatist and contributor to various literary reviews, he
worked at the Centro de Estudos Regianos. He has published
at least 9 volumes of poetry, and edited several important
anthologies. Along with Jorge Reis-Sá, he has been
responsible for Quasi Edições. O nosso
reino (2004; 2nd ed.,
2009) was valter hugo mãe's first book of fiction, billed
on the publisher's "belt" of the original edition as "uma
revelação no romance português". It was selected by
the Diário de
notícias as one of the
best Portuguese "romances" of 2004.
353.
MÃE, Valter Hugo. A
verdadeira história dos pásaros. Valter Hugo
Mãe, illus. Matosinhos: BOOKLÂNDIA [i.e. Quidnovi], 2009.
Colecção Abrir os Olhos, 1. Oblong 8°, publ. illus. bds.
[16 ll.], profusely illus. in color. ISBN:
978-989-628-133-5. $30.00
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