Fernando Goncalves Namora
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Fernando Namora with the full name Fernando Gonçalves Namora was a Portuguese
writer and medical doctor. Namora was born in Condeixa-a-Nova
, Coimbra District and died in Lisbon, Portugal.
He received his medical degree at 1942, by the University of Coimbra. Those years as student would have influenced him as a man (and writer) as well his experience as a country doctor, in remote regions as Beira Baixa and Alentejo, till the year of 1950, when he moved to Lisbon
, invited to be medical assistant at the Instituto Português de Oncologia
.
His early book was Relevos, poetry, in (1937), published at the age of 18. In (1938) appeared his first romance As Sete Partidas do Mundo that won the Almeida Garrett Premium, and, three years later, with some other colleagues at Coimbra, was envolved in the literary project of Novo Cancioneiro, (1941), with 10 volumes, which the first one was his poem named Terra - for many specialists the advent of neo-realism movement, a milestone in the Portuguese literature. All the early age lyrics are in the anthology As Frias Madrugadas, by 1959. Nevertheless, his youth, Coimbra's student atmosphere romance is Fogo na Noite Escura (1943), at the collection Novos Prosadores (1943), by Coimbra Editora.
Besides over 30 titles, along his fifty years of intensive literary life, not only wrote “neo-realistic” novels, as Casa da Malta (1945), Minas de S. Francisco (1946), Retalhos da Vida de um Médico
(1949 and 1963), A Noite e a Madrugada (1950), O Trigo e o Joio (1954), but also “urban themes”, contemporary fiction, as in O Homem Disfarçado (1957), Cidade Solitária (1959), Domingo à Tarde (1961, José Lins do Rego Premium), Os Clandestinos (1972), Resposta a Matilde (1980) or O Rio Triste (1982, Fernando Chinaglia Premium, Fialho de Almeida Premium and D. Dinis Premium). Another cicle was the cadernos de um escritor narratives, a sort of analytic, critic testimonials, regarding “social themes” and the emergence of a new time, specially during the 60's and 70's, related with the Geneve International Encounters and the many travels abroad (including Scandinavia), expressed in Diálogo em Setembro (1966), Um Sino na Montanha (1968), Os Adoradores do Sol (1971), Estamos no Vento (1974), A Nave de Pedra (1975), Cavalgada Cinzenta (1977), URSS, Mal Amada, Bem Amada and Sentados na Relva, from (1986).
Namora was suggested for the Nobel Prize in 1981.
Portuguese people
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writer and medical doctor. Namora was born in Condeixa-a-Nova
Condeixa-a-Nova
Condeixa-a-Nova , also known as Condeixa, is a town and a municipality in the district of Coimbra, Portugal. It is located 15 km south of Coimbra, and in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Coimbra...
, Coimbra District and died in Lisbon, Portugal.
He received his medical degree at 1942, by the University of Coimbra. Those years as student would have influenced him as a man (and writer) as well his experience as a country doctor, in remote regions as Beira Baixa and Alentejo, till the year of 1950, when he moved to Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, invited to be medical assistant at the Instituto Português de Oncologia
Instituto Português de Oncologia
The Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil, also known as Instituto Português de Oncologia and ' , is a state-run cancer hospital and research organization from Portugal. The I.P.O. has autonomous regional branches in Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra.-External links:***...
.
His early book was Relevos, poetry, in (1937), published at the age of 18. In (1938) appeared his first romance As Sete Partidas do Mundo that won the Almeida Garrett Premium, and, three years later, with some other colleagues at Coimbra, was envolved in the literary project of Novo Cancioneiro, (1941), with 10 volumes, which the first one was his poem named Terra - for many specialists the advent of neo-realism movement, a milestone in the Portuguese literature. All the early age lyrics are in the anthology As Frias Madrugadas, by 1959. Nevertheless, his youth, Coimbra's student atmosphere romance is Fogo na Noite Escura (1943), at the collection Novos Prosadores (1943), by Coimbra Editora.
Besides over 30 titles, along his fifty years of intensive literary life, not only wrote “neo-realistic” novels, as Casa da Malta (1945), Minas de S. Francisco (1946), Retalhos da Vida de um Médico
Retalhos da Vida de Um Médico
Retalhos da Vida de Um Médico is a 1962 Portuguese drama film directed by Jorge Brum do Canto. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.The film is based on the book of the same name written by Fernando Namora...
(1949 and 1963), A Noite e a Madrugada (1950), O Trigo e o Joio (1954), but also “urban themes”, contemporary fiction, as in O Homem Disfarçado (1957), Cidade Solitária (1959), Domingo à Tarde (1961, José Lins do Rego Premium), Os Clandestinos (1972), Resposta a Matilde (1980) or O Rio Triste (1982, Fernando Chinaglia Premium, Fialho de Almeida Premium and D. Dinis Premium). Another cicle was the cadernos de um escritor narratives, a sort of analytic, critic testimonials, regarding “social themes” and the emergence of a new time, specially during the 60's and 70's, related with the Geneve International Encounters and the many travels abroad (including Scandinavia), expressed in Diálogo em Setembro (1966), Um Sino na Montanha (1968), Os Adoradores do Sol (1971), Estamos no Vento (1974), A Nave de Pedra (1975), Cavalgada Cinzenta (1977), URSS, Mal Amada, Bem Amada and Sentados na Relva, from (1986).
Namora was suggested for the Nobel Prize in 1981.
Works
- As Sete Partidas do Mundo, romance – 1938
- Fogo na Noite Escura, romance – 1943
- Casa da Malta, romance – 1945
- Minas de San Francisco, romance – 1946
- Retalhos da Vida de um Médico, narratives / first part – 1949
- A Noite e a Madrugada, romance – 1950
- Deuses e Demónios da Medicina, biografies – 1952
- O Trigo e o Joio, romance – 1954
- O Homem Disfarçado, romance – 1957
- Cidade Solitária, narrative – 1959
- As Frias Madrugadas, poems – 1959
- Domingo à Tarde, romance – 1961
- Retalhos da Vida de um Médico, narratives / second part – 1963
- Diálogo em Setembro, romanced chronicle – 1966
- Um Sino na Montanha, writer caderns – 1968
- Marketing, poesia – 1969
- Os Adoradores do Sol, writer caderns – 1971
- Os Clandestinos, romance – 1972
- Estamos no Vento, literary-sociologic narrative – 1974
- A Nave de Pedra, writer caderns – 1975
- Cavalgada Cinzenta, narrative – 1977
- Encontros, interviews – 1979
- Resposta a Matilde, divertimento – 1980
- O Rio Triste, romance – 1982
- Nome para uma Casa, poems – 1984
- URSS mal amada, bem amada, chronicle – 1986
- Sentados na Relva, writer caderns – 1986
- Jornal sem Data, writer caderns – 1988