Júdice, Nuno

Autor: Júdice, Nuno
Rok: 1949-2024
Oblast působnosti: básníci, prozaici, dramatici, literární kritici, esejisté

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Portugalský básník, prozaik a dramatik, literární kritik, esejista.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

Nuno Judice (Mexilhoeira Grande, Algarve, 29 April 1949) is an essayist, poet, writer, novelist and Professor.Poet and fiction writer, his literary debut was with the Concept of Poem in 1972. He graduated in Romance Philology from the University of Lisbon and obtained the degree of Doctor from the New University of Lisbon (Universidade Nova), where he is a full professor, presenting in 1989 a thesis on Medieval Literature. He published anthologies, critical editions of literary studies and maintains as a regular contributor in the press. He received Spain's Queen Sofia Ibero-American Poetry Prize in 2013, awarded by the Spanish National Heritage and the University of Salamanca, in the amount of 42,100 euros. He was a member of the editorial of the magazine Time and Mode between 1969 and 1974. He was the commissioner for the area of Literature "Portugal as a country-theme" in the 49th Frankfurt Book Fair. Popularizer of Portuguese literature of the twentieth century, launched in 1993, "Voyage dans un siècle de la Littérature Portugaise". He also organized the European Week of Poetry, under the "Lisbon'94 - European Capital of Culture". In 1996, he released the literary magazine Tobacconist, edited by "Casa Fernando Pessoa". In 1997, he was appointed Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of Portugal and Director of the Camões Institute in Paris. In 2009, he assumed the direction of Colóquio/Letters from the Gulbenkian Foundation. He has works translated in Spain, Italy, Venezuela, England and France, where he published "Un chant du temps dans l'Épaisseur" in the Collection Poésie chez Éditions Gallimard. He still works for theater and translated authors such as Molière, Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson. His name was assigned to the Poetry Prize of the City Council Aveiro, Portugal. He is curator for the cultural area José Saramago Foundation, created in 2008. He received the degree of "Oficial da Ordem de Santiago e Espada" (Officer of the Order of Santiago and Sword), in Portugal, and in France, the Officier degree of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officer of Arts and Letters).