by Manuel Alegre · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722054508
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«País de Abril» is the poetry anthology by Manuel Alegre published by Publicações Dom Quixote in paperback, with 86 pages, in Portuguese.
The anthology brings together poems by Manuel Alegre, many of them from the books Praça da Canção (1964) and O Canto e as Armas (1967). The verses symbolically anticipate the Carnation Revolution and evoke the Lisbon of 25 April, collective memory and hope for Portugal's future.
The full title of the edition is «País de Abril. Uma antologia», as it appears on the cover of the 2014 edition.
For readers of Portuguese poetry and those interested in the memory of the Carnation Revolution.
Manuel Alegre de Melo Duarte is a Portuguese poet and politician. He was a candidate to the presidency of the Portuguese Republic in 2006 and 2011, finishing in second place in both elections. For his literary work, he was awarded the Camões Prize in 2017.
