Gonçalo M. Tavares

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Gonçalo Manuel de Albuquerque Tavares, known professionally as Gonçalo M. Tavares, was born in August, 1970 in Luanda, Angola and is a Portuguese writer and professor of Theory of Science in Lisbon. He published his first work in 2001 and since then has been awarded several prizes. His books have been published in more than 30 countries and the book Jerusalem has been included in the European edition of 1001 Books to Read Before You Die.[1][2]

Nobel Laureate José Saramago stated: "In thirty years' time, if not before, Tavares will win the Nobel Prize, and I'm sure my prediction will come true... Tavares has no right to be writing so well at the age of 35. One feels like punching him." Tavares published a great variety of books since 2001 and has been awarded several national and international literary prizes. In 2005, he won the José Saramago Prize for young writers under 35. In his speech at the award ceremony, Saramago commented: "JERUSALÉM is a great book, and truly deserves a place among the great works of Western literature."[3]

Career[edit]

Tavares is the author of a large body of work that has been translated in countries such as India, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, China, Cuba, South Africa, Indonesia, Iceland, Turkey, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, Moldova, Estonia, Israel, Venezuela and the United States, in a total of seventy countries.

Saramago predicted that he would win the Nobel Prize. Vasco Graça Moura wrote that A Journey to India will still be talked about in a hundred years' time.[citation needed] The New Yorker said that, like Kafka and Beckett, Tavares showed that "logic can effectively serve madness as well as reason".[4]

Tavares' language breaks with Portuguese lyrical traditions and his subversion of literary genres is innovative. Recently, Tavares' Le Quartier (The Quarter) received the prestigious Prix Laure-Bataillon 2021, awarded to the best book translated in France, succeeding Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk, who received this prize in 2019, and Catalan writer Miquel de Palol. Twenty-two of Tavares' works have won awards in different countries. He has been a finalist for the Oceanos Prize six times and has been awarded the prize three times. He was also twice a finalist for the Prix Médicis and twice a finalist for the Prix Femina, among other distinctions such as the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in 2010.

His books have been the basis for plays, art objects, art videos, and opera.

Works[edit]

Year English title Original title Literary universe/theme
2001 --- A Temperatura do Corpo ---
2001 --- Livro da Dança ---
2002 --- Investigações ---
2002 Mr Valéry and Logic O Senhor Valéry e a Lógica The Neighbourhood
2003 --- A Colher de Samuel Beckett e Outros Textos (teatro) ---
2003 Mr Henri and the Encyclopaedia O Senhor Henri e a Enciclopédia The Neighbourhood
2003 Klaus Klump: A Man Um Homem: Klaus Klump The Kingdom
2004 Joseph Walser's Machine A Máquina de Joseph Walser The Kingdom
2004 Jerusalém Jerusalém The Kingdom
2004 1 1 ---
2004 --- Biblioteca ---
2004 --- A Perna Esquerda de Paris Seguido de Roland Barthes e Robert Musil ---
2004 Mr Brecht and Success O Senhor Brecht e o Sucesso The Neighbourhood
2004 Mr Juarroz and the Thought O Senhor Juarroz e o Pensamento The Neighbourhood
2005 Mr Kraus and Politics O Senhor Kraus e a Política The Neighbourhood
2005 Mr Calvin and the Promenade O Senhor Calvino e o Passeio The Neighbourhood
2005 --- Investigações Geométricas ---
2005 --- Histórias Falsas ---
2006 Brief Notes on Science Breves Notas sobre Ciência Encyclopaedia
2006 --- Água, Cão, Cavalo, Cabeça ---
2006 Mr Walser and the Forest O Senhor Walser e a Floresta The Neighbourhood
2007 Brief Notes on Fear Breves Notas sobre o Medo Encyclopaedia
2007 Learning to Pray in the Age of Technology Aprender a Rezar na Era da Técnica The Kingdom
2008 Mr Breton and the Interview O Senhor Breton e a Entrevista The Neighbourhood
2009 Mr Swedenborg and the Geometrical Investigations O Senhor Swedenborg e as Investigações Geométricas The Neighbourhood
2009 Brief Notes on Connections Breves Notas sobre as Ligações Encyclopaedia
2010 A Voyage to India Uma Viagem à Índia ---
2010 Mr Eliot and the Conferences O Senhor Eliot e as Conferências The Neighbourhood
2010 Matteo Lost His Job Matteo Perdeu o Emprego ---
2011 Short Movies Short Movies ---
2011 --- Canções Mexicanas ---
2013 --- Animalescos ---
2013 Atlas of the Body and the Imagination Atlas do Corpo e da Imaginação ---
2014 Old People Want to Live Too Os Velhos Também Querem Viver ---
2014 A Girl is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father Uma Menina está Perdida no seu Século à Procura do Pai ---
2015 Brief Notes on Music Breves Notas sobre Música Encyclopaedia
2015 His Excellency, The Circumlucologist O Torcicologologista, Excelência ---
2017 The Woman-Without-a-Head and the Man-With-the-Evil-Eye A Mulher-Sem-Cabeça e o Homem-do-Mau-Olhado Mythologies
2018 Brief Notes on Bloom-Literature Breves Notas sobre Literatura-Bloom Encyclopaedia
2018 Five Children, Five Rats Cinco Meninos, Cinco Ratos Mythologies
2019 Bucarest-Budapest: Budapest-Bucarest Bucareste-Budapeste: Budapeste-Bucareste ---
2019 In America, Said Jonathan Na América, disse Jonathan ---
2020 The Middle Bone O Osso do Meio The Kingdom
2021 Plague Diary Diário da Peste: O Ano de 2020 ---
2021 Dictionary of Artists Dicionário de Artistas ---
2022 The Stone and the Drawing A Pedra e o Desenho ---
2022 The Devil O Diabo Mythologies

Awards[edit]

  • Prix Laure Bataillon (2021, France, for the French translation of The Neighbourhood) [5]
  • Bellas Artes - MARGARITA MICHELENA Award for Best Translation (2019, Mexico, for A Girl is Lost in Her Century Looking for Her Father) [6]
  • Prix Littéraire Européen, Étudiants Francophones (2011, France, for Mister Kraus and Politics) [7]
  • Special Price of the Jury of the Grand Prix Littéraire du Web Cultura (2010, France) [8]
  • Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger (2010, France); This award has been given to authors such as Salmon Rushdie, Elias Canetti, Robert Musil, Orhan Pamuk, John Updike, Philip Roth, Gabriel García Márquez and Colm Tóibín, among others.[9]
  • Belgrade Poetry Award (2009, Serbia) [10]
  • International Prize of Trieste (2008, Italy) [10]
  • Prêmio Portugal Telecom (2007, Brazil) [11]
  • University of Lisbon Prize (2019, Portugal)[12]
  • Vergílio Ferreira Literary Award (2017, Portugal)[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Prémio Saramago para Jerusalém de Gonçalo M. Tavares" [Saramago Prize for Jerusalem by Gonçalo M. Tavares]. Sapo.pt. 9 October 2005. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Gonçalo M. Tavares entre finalistas de prémio literário francês" [Gonçalo M. Tavares among finalists for French literary award]. Público (Portugal). 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  3. ^ MONCHique, euRico (2005-10-08). "Gonçalo M. Tavares ganha Prémio Saramago". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  4. ^ O'Connell, Mark (2012-10-23). "Look at Your Hands". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  5. ^ Evers, Ute. "Gonçalo M. Tavares receives the Prix Laure Bataillon 2021". Literarische Agentur. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  6. ^ "Livro de Gonçalo M. Tavares recebe prémio para melhor tradução no México". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  7. ^ "Gonçalo M. Tavares: "La morale de la machine se répand dans la société"". euronews (in French). 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  8. ^ Lusa, Agência. "Gonçalo M. Tavares abre "Dicionário de Artistas" nas páginas do CCB com Francis Alÿs". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  9. ^ "Le prix du Meilleur livre étranger à Gonçalo M. Tavares et Antonia Fraser". Bibliobs (in French). 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  10. ^ a b Coutinho, Isabel (2010-12-22). "O escritor Gonçalo M. Tavares". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  11. ^ Marmelo, Jorge (2007-10-17). "Gonçalo M. Tavares conquistou o maior prémio literário do Brasil". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  12. ^ patricia.melo (2021-10-15). "Prémio Universidade de Lisboa / CGD 2019 atribuído a Gonçalo M. Tavares" (in European Portuguese). www.ulisboa.pt. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  13. ^ "Gonçalo M. Tavares vence Prémio Literário Vergílio Ferreira 2018". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2023-11-20.

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