Praça da Canção

Name: Praça da Canção
ISBN: 9789722028639

by Manuel Alegre

Prémio Camões · 2017 · Winner

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MoraesJanuary 1, 1965PoetryISBN 9789722028639

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Prémio Camões	2017	Winner

About This Book

A debut collection that immediately established Alegre as a major voice in Portuguese poetry, with poems rooted in the lyric tradition of the saudade and directly engaged with the political experience of living under the Salazar dictatorship.

About the Author

Manuel AlegrePT

Manuel Alegre is a Portuguese poet, novelist, and political figure born in 1936 in Águeda. He is one of the most beloved Portuguese poets of the twentieth century and a significant figure in the history of Portuguese democracy. He opposed the Salazar dictatorship and was imprisoned and exiled, spending years in Algeria, France, and Brazil. Read more →