Eugénio de Andrade
Eugénio de Andrade | |
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Fundão | |
Died | 13 June 2005 Porto, Portugal | (aged 82)
Pen name | Eugénio de Andrade |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | Portuguese |
Nationality | Portuguese |
Citizenship | Portuguese |
Education | Liceu Passos Manuel Escola Técnica Machado de Castro |
Period | 1936-2005 |
Genre | Lyricism |
Notable awards | Camões Prize |
Website | |
Fundação Eugénio de Andrade |
Eugénio de Andrade was the pseudonym of
Early years
Eugénio de Andrade was born in Póvoa de Atalaia,
Career
In 1943, Eugénio de Andrade moved to Coimbra[2] and then to Tavira the following year, cities where he did the military service finished back in Coimbra in 1944. The same year he strengthened his friendship with Afonso Duarte, Eduardo Lourenço, Joaquim Namorado, Carlos de Oliveira, and Miguel Torga, friends he made during his time in the army. Having worked as administrative inspector for the Ministry of Health from 1947, a position held for 35 years, he finally settled in Porto in 1950 where he lived for more than four decades until he moved to the building of the former Eugénio de Andrade Foundation in Foz do Douro.
During the years that followed, the poet traveled extensively, having been invited to take part in various events where befriended many personalities of Portuguese and foreign culture such as
Awards
Eugénio de Andrade received numerous awards including the Prize of the Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (1986),
Literary works
Eugénio de Andrade debuted with Narciso (1939), and became a better-known personality in the literary field with his book of verses Adolescente (1942). His well-deserved recognition came with the publication of As Mãos e os Frutos in 1948, which earned him critical acclaim from Jorge de Sena and Vitorino Nemésio. During the 1940s he took part in the World Literature Seminar (1946-1948).[6] His essentially lyrical body of work was considered by José Saramago as one reached through continuous debugging.
Among dozens of published works are Os amantes Sem Dinheiro (1950), As Palavras Interditas (1951), Escrita da Terra (1974), Matéria Solar (1980), Rente ao Dizer (1992), Ofício da Paciência (1994), O Sal da Língua (1995), and Os Lugares do Lume (1998). In prose he published Os afluentes do Silêncio (1968), Rosto Precário (1979) and À Sombra da Memória (1993), as well as children's stories História da Égua Branca (1977) and Aquela Nuvem e as Outras (1986). His work Os Sulcos da Sede was awarded the Poetry Prize of the Pen Clube Português in September 2003.
Eugénio de Andrade was also translator of works by
Translations
- Inhabited Heart: The Select Poems of Eugénio de Andrade. Trans. of Alexis Levitin, Van Nuys, California: Perivale Press, 1985.
- White on White. Trans. of Alexis Levitin, in “Quarterly Review of Literature”, Princeton, New Jersey.
- Memory of Another River. Trans. of Alexis Levitin, St. Paul, Minnesota: New Rivers Press, 1988.
- The Slopes of a Gaze. Trans. of Alexis Levitin, Plattsburgh, New York: Apalachee Press, 1992.
- Dark Domain. Trans. of Alexis Levitin, Toronto: Guernica, 2000.
- "Forbidden Words: Selected poetry of Eugenio de Andrade". Trans. Of Alexis Levitin, New York, NY: New Directions Publishing, 2003.
Notes
- ^ His birth certificate date reads 1 February 1923, however, every biographic book and the Eugénio de Andrade Foundation state 19 January 1923
References
- ^ a b c d "Morreu o poeta José Fontinhas". Diário IOL (in Portuguese). 13 June 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Eugénio de Andrade". Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Presidência da República Portuguesa. Retrieved 17 February 2005.
- ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Presidência da República Portuguesa. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "PT". Jornal Público. Archived from the original on 26 December 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ Helena, Roldão. "Mundo literário - Semanário de crítica e informação literária, científica e artística (1946-1948)" (PDF). Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
External links
- (in Portuguese) Bio-Bibliografia de Eugénio de Andrade Fundação Eugénio de Andrade
- (in Portuguese) Série de reportagens about Eugénio de Andrade[dead link] Jornal O Público
- (in Portuguese) Poemas, biografia e multimédia de Eugénio de Andrade Escritas.org
- (in Portuguese) Eugénio de Andrade Fundação Eugénio de Andrade
- (in Portuguese) José Fontinhas Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Poetry International Web
- (in Portuguese) Síntese didática sobre a poesia de Eugénio de Andrade Lusofonia.com