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Fernando Pinto do Amaral 
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* 12.05.1960, Lisbon, Portugalska
živi v: Lisbon, Portugalska

Fernando José Branco Pinto do Amaral is a poet, literary critic and university teacher.

He holds a Ph.D. in Portuguese Literature. Since 1987 he teaches at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon and is currently Professor of Romance Literatures.

He translated into Portuguese Les Fleurs du Mal from Baudelaire, Poèmes Saturniens from Verlaine and all Jorge Luis Borges’ poetry.

As well as having published essays, a novel and short stories, he collaborated in several literary magazines and newspapers. His poetry collections include, among other titles, Poesia Reunida (2000), Pena Suspensa (2004), A Luz da Madrugada, (2007). His most recent novel is O Segredo de Leonardo Volpi (Dom Quixote, 2009) .

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Pinto do Amaral took part of several panels of literary awards, has curated a number of events dedicated to literature as the '100 Books of the Century' and also published this year, for children and juvenile public, A Minha Primeira Sophia about the great Portuguese poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andersen.

Some of his poems are translated (and published) into Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Czech, English, Bulgarian and Turkish.

In February of 2008 he received in Madrid the Goya Award for Best Original Song “Fado da Saudade” , played by Carlos do Carmo in the film “Fado” of the Spanish director Carlos Saura.

He is since December 2009 the Coordinator of the National Reading Plan.

Objave
  • Acédia

    Assírio & Alvim, 1990

  • O Mosaico Fluido — Modernidade e Pós-Modernidade na Poesia Portuguesa Mais Recente

    (Essay)

    Assírio & Alvim, 1991

  • Às Cegas

    Assírio & Alvim, 1997

  • Poesia Reunida 1990 – 2000

    Dom Quixote, 2000

  • Pena Suspensa

    Dom Quixote, 2004

  • A aventura no Game Boy

    (children's literature)

    Texto Editora, 2004

  • A Escada de Jacob

    Assírio & Alvim, 2005

  • Área de Serviço e outras histórias de amor

    (fiction)

    Dom Quixote, 2006

  • A Luz da Madrugada

    Dom Quixote, 2007

  • A Minha Primeira Sophia

    Dom Quixote, 2009

Nagrade
  • Prémio do Pen Club and Prémio da Associação Portuguesa de Tradutores for the translation of As Flores do Mal, from Baudelaire..

  • 1991 Prémio de Ensaio Pen Club for the essay O Mosaico Fluido — Modernidade e Pós-Modernidade na Poesia Portuguesa Mais Recente

  • 2008 Prémio Goya, (Madrid) for Best Original Song , with his Fado da Saudade, from the moovie Fados, by Carlos Saura

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