valter hugo mãe | |
---|---|
Born |
Henrique de Carvalho, Colonial Angola |
September 25, 71
Occupation | Writer, singer, plastic artist |
Genre | novel, poetry |
valter hugo mãe is the artistic name of the Portuguese writer, Valter Hugo Lemos (Henrique de Carvalho, Angola, September 25, 1971). He is also an editor, singer, plastic artist. valter hugo mãe received the José Saramago Prize in Literature in 2007 for his novel o remorso de baltazar serapião.
valter hugo mãe( which he intentionally writes in smalls caps, like his own work), was born in Henrique de Carvalho, in colonial Angola. He spent his childhood in Paços de Ferreira, and in 1980 he moved to Vila do Conde. He graduated in Law, and did post-graduate work in Modern and Contemporary Portuguese literature. valter hugo mãe achieved public recognition in 2007 by winning the José Saramago Prize. During the prize ceremony José Saramago called the novel o remorso de baltazar serapião a true literary tsunami.
Besides writing, he has dedicated effort to drawing, with a first public exhibition in 2007 in Porto, and also to music, being the singer in the band O Governo.
Poetry
Novel
Children's Literature
Other publications