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António Lobo Antunes
AuthorBooks · Second hand1942-2026
António Lobo Antunes was a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor. He was awarded the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid Prize, the 2005 Jerusalem Prize, the 2007 Camões Prize, and the 2008 Juan Rulfo Prize. Lobo Antunes was repeatedly nominated as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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About António Lobo Antunes
Birth
1942
Death
2026
First book
1983
Years writing
43
António Lobo Antunes was a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor. He was awarded the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid Prize, the 2005 Jerusalem Prize, the 2007 Camões Prize, and the 2008 Juan Rulfo Prize. Lobo Antunes was repeatedly nominated as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
António Lobo Antunes balanced his brilliant literary career with his profession as a psychiatrist.
Born in Lisbon in 1942, he is considered one of the most influential voices in contemporary Portuguese literature.
His work has transcended borders, having been translated into more than thirty languages worldwide.
He was awarded the prestigious Camões Prize in 2007, the most important recognition in Portuguese-language literature.
Throughout his life, his name was frequently mentioned as a major contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
