Paulina Chiziane Wins Camões Prize 2021
Paulina Chiziane // Paulina Chiziane, who is recognised as one of the pioneers of Mozambican literature, wins the Camões Prize 2021. The award is the [...]
Gonçalo M. Tavares Wins University of Lisbon Prize
Gonçalo M. Tavares // Gonçalo M. Tavares has been awarded the University of Lisbon Prize 2019. In a statement, the University of Lisbon stressed that [...]
The Living and the Rest Wins Portuguese PEN Prize 2021
José Eduardo Agualusa // José Eduardo Agualusa wins the Portuguese PEN Prize 2021 with his novel The Living and the Rest. Winners of the categories [...]
Forgotten We’ll Be is big winner at Platino Awards 2021
Héctor Abad Faciolince // Directed by Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba, the Colombian film "Forgotten We'll Be", based on Héctor Abad's novel Oblivion, was the big [...]
Michael Imperioli Praises Call Me Cassandra
Marcial Gala // After having recommended The Black Cathedral, Michael Imperioli has now read Marcial Gala's new novel Call Me Cassandra. This is what he [...]
Inauguration of Lídia Jorge’s professorship at the University of Geneva
Lídia Jorge // Lídia Jorge takes up a professorship at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. There will be an international conference on "The power of [...]
Junot Diaz writes blurb about Call Me Cassandra
Marcial Gala // We are proud to announce that Junot Diaz has written a great blurb on Call Me Cassandra by our Cuban author Marcial [...]
Longlisted for Oceanos Prize 2021
Gonçalo M. Tavares, Lídia Jorge, José Eduardo Agualusa, Germano Almeida, Mia Couto, and Luís Cardoso // We’re happy to announce that Gonçalo M. Tavares, Lídia Jorge, José Eduardo Agualusa, [...]
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida Writes Monthly Letter for Folha de S.Paulo
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida // Over the next year, Ilustrada Ilustríssima (Folha de S.Paulo) will publish a monthly letter written by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida. [...]
Shortlist of Grand Prize for Novel 2020
Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida // Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida's The Telephones is one out of out of five finalists of the Grand Prize for Novel [...]
