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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 world's most important distinction in the Portuguese language. Chiziane is the first African woman to win the prize. Her book Balada [...]
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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 literary work of Gonçalo M. Tavares, professor at that institution, "is unique, impressive in the range of topics and concerns [...]
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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 Poetry and Essay are Hélia Correia and José Gil. > publico.pt/helia-correia-jose-gil-jose-eduardo-agualusa-vencem-premios-pen-clube
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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 winner at the Platino Awards 2021. Trueba's film received 5 out of 11 awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best [...]
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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 says about it on Instagram: "MARCIAL GALA is one of our greatest living writers. His first novel THE BLACK CATHEDRAL blew [...]
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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 the image in Lídia Jorge's work" from 15-16 September. You can also follow the conference online. All necessary information can be [...]
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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 Gala: "A spellbinding novel by one of the best writers of the Americas. Call Me Cassandra is Marcial Gala’s masterpiece, blending [...]
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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, Germano Almeida, Mia Couto, and Luís Cardoso have been longlisted for the Oceanos Prize 2021. > publishnews.com.br/
