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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