Eugénio de Andrade
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Eugénio de Andrade was the pseudonym of José Fontinhas, GOSE, GCM (19 January 1923 – 13 June 2005), a Portuguese
poet
.
José Fontinhas was born at Póvoa de Atalaia, Fundão
. He is revered as one of the leading names in contemporary Portuguese poetry. He died in Porto
.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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José Fontinhas was born at Póvoa de Atalaia, Fundão
Fundão
Fundão is a city in Fundao Municipality in Portugal, located in the Castelo Branco District. Fundão is an old city with 8,369 inhabitants, situated at the point where the slope of the Gardunha range meets the Cova da Beira plains, 500 metres above sea level. The municipality has a total area of...
. He is revered as one of the leading names in contemporary Portuguese poetry. He died in Porto
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
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Selected awards
- Prize of the International Association of Literary Critics (1986)
- Grand Prize for Poetry of the Portuguese Association of Writers (1989)
- Camões PrizeCamões PrizeThe Camões Prize , named after Luís de Camões is the most important literary prize for the Portuguese language. It is awarded annually by the Portuguese Fundação Biblioteca Nacional and the Brazilian Departamento Nacional do Livro to the author of an outstanding work written in Portuguese.It...
(2001)