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Edition 3 (2005) Runner-up
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Edition 13 (2015) Winner
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Edition 15 (2017) Nominee
Silviano Santiago
シルヴィアーノ・サンティアーゴ
Silviano Santiago
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1936-09-29 (Formiga, Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Residence History
- Formiga (birthplace) → Belo Horizonte → Rio de Janeiro → Albuquerque, New Mexico (teaching) → Various North American cities for teaching/research (e.g., New Jersey, Toronto, Buffalo, Indiana)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, literary critic, essayist, scholar, translator, university professor
- Active Years
- 1954-
- Affiliations
- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ), Fluminense Federal University (UFF), University of New Mexico (faculty), Rutgers University (faculty), University of Toronto (faculty), SUNY Buffalo (faculty), Indiana University (faculty)
- Influenced By
- Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, French literary theory
- Influenced
- Brazilian literary scholars and critics
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal University of Minas Gerais | — | Neolatin languages | 学位取得 | — | Brazil |
| University of Paris (Sorbonne) | French literature | — | 博士号(Doctorate) | — | France |
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Ordem do Mérito Cultural | — | — | Brazilian cultural authorities | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Prêmio Machado de Assis | — | — | Brazilian literary institutions | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Oceanos Prize | Mil Rosas Roubadas | 最優秀長編小説 | Oceanos (Portuguese-language literary prize) | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Camões Prize | — | — | Camões Prize organizers | 受賞 |
Awards & Nominations
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Edition 70 (2013) Winner
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Edition 34 (2022) Winner
Works
Major Works
Mil Rosas Roubadas
2014 novelA novel that weaves family, memory and layers of Brazilian society; it develops a personal story while addressing social and cultural issues.
Machado
2016 novelA work engaging with literary history and the figure of Machado, combining research and fictional elements.
Heranças
2008 novelA novel that reexamines personal and cultural heritage, exploring the relationship between identity and history.
Stella Manhattan
1985 novelA noted novel from the 1980s addressing urban and cultural tensions.
The Space in-between - essays on Latin American culture
2001 essaysAn essay collection discussing Latin American culture and its borders/voids; critiques cultural dependence and the effects of coloniality.
- Published in English (edited translation/anthology)
Bibliography
- Os velhos (short story, 1955)
- 4 poetas (poetry, 1960)
- Duas faces (short stories, 1961, coauthored)
- Brasil: prosa e poesia (anthology, 1969)
- Salto (poems, 1970)
- O olhar (novel, 1974)
- Stella Manhattan (novel, 1985)
- Uma história de família (novel, 1993)
- De cócoras (novel, 1999)
- The Space in-between (essays, 2001)
- O Cosmopolitismo do Pobre (essays, 2004)
- Heranças (novel, 2008)
- Mil Rosas Roubadas (novel, 2014)
- Machado (2016)
Translations by Author
- Poems (translation of Jacques Prévert)
- Por que amo Barthes (translation of Alain Robbe-Grillet)
Translations of Works
- The Space in-between (English edition, essays anthology)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- critical and theoretical proseanalysis influenced by French theoryexperimental, multilayered novelistic expression
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and familycity and modernitycultural dependence and decolonization
Legacy
Known as a major Brazilian critic and writer, Santiago produced wide-ranging work in poetry, fiction and criticism. Through his teaching and international activity and major literary prizes, he has had a significant impact on Latin American literary studies and criticism.
Trivia
- Moved from Formiga to Belo Horizonte at age ten.
- Taught at several universities in North America and Canada from the 1960s onward.
- Won the Oceanos Prize (Best Novel) in 2015 for Mil Rosas Roubadas (2014).
- Awarded the Camões Prize in 2022.