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Gonçalo M. Tavares

Born

in Luanda, Portuguese Overseas Province, Angola

August 01, 1970

Website

http://goncalomtavares.blogspot.com/

Genre

Romance, Short Stories, Poetry

Influences

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Gonçalo M. Tavares was born in Luanda in 1970 and teaches Theory of Science in Lisbon.
Tavares has surprised his readers with the variety of books he has published since 2001. His work is being published in over 30 countries and it has been awarded an impressive amount of national and international literary prizes in a very short time. In 2005 he won the José Saramago Prize for young writers under 35. Jerusalém was also awarded the Prêmio Portugal Telecom de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa 2007 and the LER/Millenium Prize. His novel Aprender a rezar na Era de Técnica has received the prestigious Prize of the Best Foreign Book 2010 in France. This award has so far been given to authors like Salmon Rushdie, Elias Canetti, Robert Musil, Orhan P Gonçalo M. Tavares was born in Luanda in 1970 and teaches Theory of Science in Lisbon.
Tavares has surprised his readers with the variety of books he has published since 2001. His work is being published in over 30 countries and it has been awarded an impressive amount of national and international literary prizes in a very short time. In 2005 he won the José Saramago Prize for young writers under 35. Jerusalém was also awarded the Prêmio Portugal Telecom de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa 2007 and the LER/Millenium Prize. His novel Aprender a rezar na Era de Técnica has received the prestigious Prize of the Best Foreign Book 2010 in France. This award has so far been given to authors like Salmon Rushdie, Elias Canetti, Robert Musil, Orhan Pamuk, John Updike, Philip Roth, Gabriel García Márquez and Colm Tóibín. Aprender a rezar na Era da Técnica was also shortlisted for the renowned French literary awards Femina Étranger Prize and Médicis Prize and won the Special Price of the Jury of the Grand Prix Littéraire du Web Cultura 2010. In 2011, Tavares received the renowned Grande Prêmio da Associação Portuguesa de Escritores, as well as the prestigious Prémio Literário Fernando Namora 2011. The author was also nominated for the renowned Dutch Europese Literatuurprijs 2013 and was on the Longlist of the Best Translated Book Award Fiction 2013.

Gonçalo M. Tavares nasceu em 1970. Os seus livros deram origem, em diferentes países, a peças de teatro, peças radiofónicas, curtas-metragens e objectos de artes plásticas, vídeos de arte, ópera, performances, projectos de arquitectura, teses académicas, etc.
Estão em curso cerca de 160 traduções distribuídas por trinta e dois países. Jerusalém foi o romance mais escolhido pelos críticos do Público para «Livro da Década».
Em Portugal recebeu vários prémios, entre os quais, o Prémio José Saramago (2005) e o Prémio LER/Millennium BCP (2004), com o romance Jerusalém (Caminho); o Grande Prémio de Conto da Associação Portuguesa de Escritores «Camilo Castelo Branco» (2007) com Água, Cão, Cavalo, Cabeça (Caminho). Recebeu, ainda, diversos prémios internacionais.

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	Jerusalém (O Reino, #3) 3.98 avg rating — 3,734 ratings — published 2005 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learning to Pray in the Age of Technique by Gonçalo M. Tavares, Daniel Hahn (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 1,212 ratings — published 2007 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Senhor Valéry by Gonçalo M. Tavares, Rachel Caiano (Desenhos) 3.86 avg rating — 1,072 ratings — published 2002 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Máquina de Joseph Walser really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 874 ratings — published 2004 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Um Homem: Klaus Klump 3.93 avg rating — 868 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uma Viagem à Índia by Gonçalo M. Tavares, Eduardo Lourenço (Prefácio) 4.14 avg rating — 760 ratings — published 2010 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Matteo perdeu o emprego 3.65 avg rating — 702 ratings — published 2010 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uma Menina Está Perdida no Seu Século à Procura do Pai 3.61 avg rating — 699 ratings — published 2014 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Senhor Brecht 3.88 avg rating — 514 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Histórias Falsas 3.70 avg rating — 520 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Quem não gosta de estar sozinho é uma péssima companhia.”
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“O Senhor Valéry era pequenino, mas dava muitos saltos.
Ele explicava:
-Sou igual às pessoas altas só que por menos tempo.”
― Gonçalo M. Tavares, O Senhor Valéry

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“Uma galinha pensava tanto e era tão culta que ganhou uma obstrução interior, deixando de pôr ovos. Mataram-na no dia seguinte.”
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