Eugénio de Andrade

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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)