Camões Prize (Prémio Camões)
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (2000) Winner
Autran Dourado
アウトラン・ドゥラード
Autran Dourado
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1926-01-18 （Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil）
- Died
- 2012-09-30 （Rio de Janeiro, Brazil） age 86
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Languages
- Portuguese
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Journalist, Novelist
- Active Years
- 1950-2012
- Influenced By
- Baroque literature, Regionalism (Minas Gerais setting)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal University of Minas Gerais | — | — | — | — | Brazil |
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Country:
Brazil
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Jabuti Prize | As Imaginações Pecaminosas | — | Prêmio Jabuti | Winner |
| 2000 | Camões Prize | — | — | Camões Prize | Winner |
Jabuti Prize
1982
Work:
As Imaginações Pecaminosas
Organization:
Prêmio Jabuti
Result:
Winner
Camões Prize
2000
Organization:
Camões Prize
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Prêmio Machado de Assis
1 appearances
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Edition 65 (2008) Winner
Works
Major Works
A Hidden Life
1964 NovelA novel set in a small Minas Gerais town focusing on private, introspective life, isolation of characters and family secrets under social constraints.
isolationfamily secretslocal/regional identity
Adaptations
- [Film] Uma Vida em Segredo / Suzana Amaral (2001)
Translations
- A Hidden Life
Voices of the Dead
1967 NovelExplores death, memory and generational continuity, notable for ornate prose and sometimes obscure vocabulary.
deathmemorygenerational continuity
Translations
- Voices of the Dead
Pattern for a Tapestry
1970 NovelDepicts the interplay of characters and society through dense, decorative prose.
formal concernscharacter relationships
Translations
- Pattern for a Tapestry
Bells of Agony
1974 NovelTreats religious and moral themes alongside individual anguish in a layered narrative.
religious conflictanguish
Translations
- Bells of Agony
Ópera dos Fantoches
1995 NovelA later work featuring formal experimentation and linguistic play.
formal experimentlanguage
As Imaginações Pecaminosas
1982 NovelWinner of the Jabuti Prize; deals with imagination, desire and notions of sin.
desiresinimagination
Confissões de Narciso
1997 NovelExplores themes of the self and vanity.
selfvanity
Bibliography
- Uma Vida em Segredo (1964)
- Voices of the Dead (1967)
- Pattern for a Tapestry (1970)
- Bells of Agony (1974)
- As Imaginações Pecaminosas (1982)
- A Serviço Del-Rei (1984)
- Ópera dos Fantoches (1995)
- Confissões de Narciso (1997)
Adaptations
- Film 'Uma Vida em Segredo' (2001), dir. Suzana Amaral
Translations of Works
- Uma Vida em Segredo → A Hidden Life (English title)
- Ópera dos Mortos → Voices of the Dead
- O Risco do Bordado → Pattern for a Tapestry
- Os Sinos da Agonia → Bells of Agony
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ornate, elaborated proseuse of obscure vocabularystrong concern with literary form
- Recurring Motifs
- Minas Gerais regional settingisolated charactersreligious and moral conflictmemory and death
Health
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stomach bleeding (gastrointestinal hemorrhage)2012-09Suffered acute stomach bleeding in September 2012 and died the same day.
Legacy
Autran Dourado was a Brazilian novelist known for his concern with form and ornate prose, often set in Minas Gerais with Baroque tendencies. He received the Camões Prize in 2000 and is recognized for his contribution to Portuguese-language literature.
In Popular Culture
- The novel 'Uma Vida em Segredo' was adapted into a film in 2001 directed by Suzana Amaral.
Trivia
- Born in Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais in 1926.
- Won the Jabuti Prize in 1982.
- Won the Camões Prize in 2000.
- 'Uma Vida em Segredo' was adapted into a film in 2001.
- Died in Rio de Janeiro on 2012-09-30 of stomach bleeding.