Camões Prize (Prémio Camões)
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Edition 1 (1989) Winner
Miguel Torga
ミゲル・トルガ
Miguel Torga
Aliases:
Adolfo Correia da Rocha
Pen Names:
Adolfo Correia da Rocha（birth name）,
Miguel Torga（pseudonym）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1907-08-12 （São Martinho de Anta (Sabrosa)）
- Died
- 1995-01-17 （Coimbra） age 87
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Religion
- Agnosticism / non-religious
- Residence History
- Brazil (worked on uncle's coffee plantation) → São Martinho de Anta (birthplace) → Coimbra (long-term residence and medical practice)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, physician (otolaryngologist)
- Active Years
- 1928-1994
- Affiliations
- Presença (briefly)
- Memberships
- Presença (literary movement)
- Influenced By
- Modernist writers, Portuguese regional and oral traditions
- Influenced
- Subsequent Portuguese-language writers
- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Literature nominee (1959–1994)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Coimbra | Faculty of Medicine | Medicine | 医学士相当 | 1928–1933 | Portugal |
University of Coimbra
Faculty of Medicine
/ Medicine
Degree:
医学士相当
Period:
1928–1933
Year of Graduation:
1933
Country:
Portugal
Attended a seminary for a short period before studying medicine
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Diário de Notícias Prize | — | — | Diário de Notícias (newspaper) | 受賞 |
| 1977 | International Poetry Prize | — | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| 1981 | Montaigne Prize | — | — | Montaigne Prize | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Camões Prize | lifetime achievement | — | Camões Prize | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Prémio Vida Literária (Portuguese Writers Association) | lifetime achievement | — | Portuguese Writers Association | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Prémio da Crítica | entire body of work | — | Prémio da Crítica | 受賞 |
Diário de Notícias Prize
1969
Organization:
Diário de Notícias (newspaper)
Result:
受賞
International Poetry Prize
1977
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
Montaigne Prize
1981
Organization:
Montaigne Prize
Result:
受賞
Camões Prize
1989
Work:
lifetime achievement
Organization:
Camões Prize
Result:
受賞
Prémio Vida Literária (Portuguese Writers Association)
1992
Work:
lifetime achievement
Organization:
Portuguese Writers Association
Result:
受賞
Prémio da Crítica
1993
Work:
entire body of work
Organization:
Prémio da Crítica
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Bichos
1940 short story collectionA collection of short stories focusing on rural life and nature, exploring human-animal relationships and the harshness of existence.
naturerural lifehuman dignity
Translations
- English translations exist (Bichos)
Tales from the Mountain
1941 short story collectionA short story collection depicting mountain village life and its inhabitants, highlighting the deep bond between people and their land.
mountain villagestraditionsolitude
Translations
- Some stories translated into English
New Tales from the Mountain
1944 short story collectionA follow-up collection to Contos da Montanha, dealing with ancestral values and changing ways of life.
traditionchangerelationship with the land
Translations
- English: New Tales from the Mountain
Diary (16 volumes)
1941 diaryA 16-volume diary written from 1932 to 1993, serving as both a personal record and commentary on the times.
autobiographical reflectionchronicle of the timesintrospection
The Fourth Day of the Creation of the World
1939 autobiographical fictionAn autobiographical work which led to censorship and the author's arrest after publication.
censorshipindividual and authorityhuman condition
Bibliography
- Ansiedade (1928)
- Rampa (1930)
- O Outro Livro de Job (1936)
- Criação do Mundo. Os Dois Primeiros Dias (1937)
- O Terceiro Dia da Criação do Mundo (1938)
- O Quarto Dia da Criação do Mundo (1939)
- Bichos (1940)
- Contos da Montanha (1941)
- Novos Contos da Montanha (1944)
- Vindima (1945)
- Pedras lavradas (1951)
- Fogo Preso (1976)
- Diary (16 volumes, 1941–1994)
- Poesia Completa (2000, posthumous)
Translations of Works
- Farrusco. The Blackbird and other Stories from the Portuguese (English translation, 1950)
- New Tales from the Mountain (English translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise and strong narrationrealistic yet allegorical expressiondetailed observation of rural and natural settings
- Recurring Motifs
- mountains and naturetradition and attachment to landloneliness and human dignityreligious skepticism
Legacy
Considered one of the leading Portuguese writers of the 20th century, he depicted rural life and human dignity across short stories, poetry, and extensive diaries. He received international recognition, including the Camões Prize in 1989, and was repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Academic Societies
- Portuguese Writers Association (Associação Portuguesa de Escritores)
Trivia
- Birth name: Adolfo Correia da Rocha.
- Went to Brazil in 1920 and worked on a coffee plantation.
- Graduated in Medicine from the University of Coimbra in 1933 and practiced as an otolaryngologist.
- Was arrested for about two months after publishing The Fourth Day of the Creation of the World (1939).
- Won the first Camões Prize in 1989.
- Repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature between 1959 and 1994.