Eugénio de Andrade : biography
19 January 1923 – 13 June 2005
Eugénio de Andrade was the pseudonym of José Fontinhas, GOSE, GCM (19 January 1923 – 13 June 2005), a Portuguese poet.
José Fontinhas was born at Póvoa de Atalaia, Fundão. He is revered as one of the leading names in contemporary Portuguese poetry. He died in Porto.
Selected awards
- Prize of the International Association of Literary Critics (1986)
- Grand Prize for Poetry of the Portuguese Association of Writers (1989)
- Camões Prize (2001)