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Bernardo Carvalho

ベルナルド・テイシェイラ・デ・カルヴァーリョ

Bernardo Teixeira de Carvalho

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1960-01-01 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Nationality
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

Career

Occupations
author, journalist
Active Years
1983-

Education

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Journalism
Degree: Bachelor's in Journalism
Period: 〜1983
Year of Graduation: 1983
Country: Brazil
University of São Paulo, School of Communications and Arts
School of Communications and Arts / Cinema
Degree: Master's in Cinema
Period: 〜1993
Year of Graduation: 1993
Country: Brazil

Awards

Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Arte — Best Novel
2003
Work: Mongólia
Category: 長編小説
Organization: Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Arte
Result: 受賞
Portugal Telecom Prize for Literature
2003
Work: Nove Noites
Organization: Portugal Telecom / Oceanos
Result: 受賞(共同受賞:Dalton Trevisan と)
Jabuti Prize — Literary Novel
2004
Work: Mongólia
Category: 長編小説
Organization: Prêmio Jabuti
Result: 1位(受賞)
São Paulo Prize for Literature
2008
Work: O Sol se Põe em São Paulo
Category: 年間最優秀書籍(候補)
Organization: São Paulo Prize for Literature
Result: ノミネート(最終候補)
São Paulo Prize for Literature
2010
Work: O Filho da Mãe
Category: 年間最優秀書籍(候補)
Organization: São Paulo Prize for Literature
Result: ノミネート(最終候補)
São Paulo Prize for Literature
2014
Work: Reprodução
Category: 年間最優秀書籍(候補)
Organization: São Paulo Prize for Literature
Result: ノミネート(最終候補)
Jabuti Prize — Literary Novel
2014
Work: Reprodução
Category: 長編小説
Organization: Prêmio Jabuti
Result: 1位(受賞)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Nove Noites

2002 Novel

A novel that explores memory, death and testimony. An English translation (Nine Nights) was published in 2007 (translated by Benjamin Moser).

memorydeathinvestigation
Translations
  • Nine Nights (English translation by Benjamin Moser)

Mongólia

2003 Novel

A novel dealing with urban life, identity and personal history. It received critical acclaim and won awards.

urban lifeidentitypersonal history

O Sol se Põe em São Paulo

2007 Novel

Set in São Paulo, the novel portrays the city's landscape and the loneliness of its characters.

citylonelinesslandscape

O Filho da Mãe

2009 Novel

A novel about family and relationships. It was shortlisted for the São Paulo Prize for Literature.

familyrelationships

Reprodução

2013 Novel

One of his prominent recent works, featuring complex narration and questions about contemporary society. It won the Jabuti Prize.

contemporary societynarrationethics

Bibliography

  • Aberração
  • Onze
  • Os Bêbados e os Sonâmbulos
  • Teatro
  • As Iniciais
  • Medo de Sade
  • Nove Noites
  • Mongólia
  • O Sol se Põe em São Paulo
  • O Filho da Mãe
  • Reprodução
  • Simpatia pelo demônio
  • O último gozo do mundo
  • Os substitutos

Translations of Works

  • Nove Noites → Nine Nights (English translation by Benjamin Moser)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimental and meticulous prosenarration that incorporates journalistic observation
Recurring Motifs
citiesmemoryidentity

Legacy

Regarded as one of the notable contemporary Brazilian writers. He has won and been shortlisted for major literary awards and his work has been translated internationally.

Trivia

  • Debuted with the short story collection Aberração (1993).
  • Some early novels were first edited/published in France.
  • Nove Noites was translated into English (translated by Benjamin Moser) and introduced internationally.