Urbano Tavares Rodrigues
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Urbano Tavares Rodrigues, GCIH (born 1923) is a Portuguese
professor of literature, a literary critic and a fiction writer, winner of many literary prizes. He was born in 1923 in Lisbon
, Portugal
, but spent most of his childhood near Moura, in Alentejo, the Southern region of Portugal. From his youth on he became close to the Portuguese Communist Party
.
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...
professor of literature, a literary critic and a fiction writer, winner of many literary prizes. He was born in 1923 in 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...
, Portugal
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...
, but spent most of his childhood near Moura, in Alentejo, the Southern region of Portugal. From his youth on he became close to the Portuguese Communist Party
Portuguese Communist Party
The Portuguese Communist Party is a major left-wing political party in Portugal. It is a Marxist-Leninist party, and its organization is based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself to be patriotic and internationalist....
.
Novels
- 1961; 2003 - Os Insubmissos
- 1962; 1982 - Exílio Perturbado
- 1966; 1988 - Imitação da Felicidade
- 1967; 1974 - Despedidas de Verão
- 1968 - Tempo de Cinzas
- 1974; 1999 - Dissolução
- 1979; 1986 - Desta Água Beberei
- 1986; 1987 - A Vaga de Calor
- 1989 - Filipa nesse Dia
- 1991 - Violeta e a Noite
- 1993 - Deriva
- 1995 - A Hora da Incerteza
- 1997 - O Ouro e o Sonho
- 1998 - O Adeus à Brisa
- 2000 - O Supremo Interdito
- 2002 - Nunca Diremos quem sois
- 2006 - Ao contrário das Ondas
Travels
- 1949 - Santiago de Compostela
- 1956 - Jornadas no Oriente
- 1958 - Jornadas na Europa
- 1963 - De Florença a Nova Iorque
- 1973 - Viagem à União Soviética e Outras Páginas
- 1973 - Redescoberta da França
- 1976 - Registos de Outono Quente
- 1999 - Agosto no Cairo: 1956
Essays
- 1950 - Manuel Teixeira Gomes
- 1954 - Présentation de castro Alves
- 1957 - O Tema da Morte na Moderna Poesia Portuguesa
- 1960; 1981 - O Mito de Don Juan
- 1960 - Teixeira Gomes e a Reacção Antinaturalista
- 1961 - Noites de Teatro
- 1962; 2001 - O Algarve na Obra de Teixeira Gomes
- 1964 - O Romance Francês Contemporâneo
- 1966; 1978 - O Tema da Morte: Ensaios
- 1966; 1978 - Realismo, Arte de Vanguarda e Nova Cultura
- 1968 - A Saudade na Poesia Portuguesa
- 1969 - Escritos Temporais
- 1971; 2001 - Ensaios de Escreviver
- 1977 - Ensaios de Após-Abril
- 1980 - O Gosto de Ler
- 1981 - Um Novo Olhar sobre o Neo-Realismo
- 1984 - Manuel Teixeira Gomes: O Discurso do Desejo
- 1993 - A Horas e Desoras
- 1994 - Tradição e ruptura
- 1995 - O Homem sem Imagem
- 2001 - O Texto sobre o Texto
- 2003 - A Flor da Utopia