Antonio Tabucchi (1943–2012)
Author of Pereira Maintains
About the Author
Antonio Tabucchi was born in Pisa, Italy on September 24, 1943. He studied literature and philosophy at the city's university. He was a writer and academic. He was professor of Portuguese literature at the University of Siena and the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon. His works include Piazza show more d'Italia, Piccoli Equivoci Senza Importanza (Little Misunderstandings of No Importance), Requiem, uma Alucinaçaõ (Requiem: A Hallucination), Tristano Muore (Tristan Is Dying), and Racconti con Figure. Many of his works were adapted into films including Sostiene Pereira (Pereira Maintains) and Notturno Indiano (Indian Nocturne). In addition to his fictional writing, he translated works by Fernando Pessoa and other Portuguese writers into Italian. He received numerous literary prizes including the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in France. In 1993, he was one of the founder members of the International Parliament of Writers and contributed articles to its journal, Autodafé. He died of cancer on March 25, 2012 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Antonio Tabucchi en los Cursos de Verano de El Escorial, 2008.
Works by Antonio Tabucchi
Gli ultimi tre giorni di Fernando Pessoa: Un delirio (La memoria) (Italian Edition) (1900) 102 copies
Conversaciones Con Antonio Tabucchi (Monografica Arte y Arqueologia) (Spanish Edition) (1995) 5 copies
Manifesto para uma Escola (Quase) Perfeita Um guia para o sucesso dos nossos filhos! (Portuguese Edition) (2021) 3 copies
La parola interdetta. Poeti surrealisti portoghesi — Editor — 3 copies
Romans II : Piazza d'Italia - Pereira prétend - La Tête perdue de Damasceno Monteiro (1998) 2 copies
Récits complets : Le Jeu de l'envers - Petits malentendus sans importance - L'Ange noir (1995) 2 copies
Gli zingari e il Rinascimento Nuova edizione con l'inedito Diciannove di agosto e altri scritti (2019) 2 copies
חוט האופק / רקוויאם 2 copies
I treni che vanno a Madras 2 copies
Pessoana Mínima Livro 1 1 copy
Ébano 1 copy
Putovanja i druga putovanja 1 copy
Volatili del Beato angelico 1 copy
Piazza d' Italia 1 copy
Elogio della letteratura 1 copy
Tabucchi Antonio 1 copy
Δύο ελληνικά διηγήματα 1 copy
BENATI 1989 Davide 1 copy
Associated Works
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Contributor — 340 copies
Fotspår : noveller ur Sveriges radio P1:s serie Författarskap på fötter (2003) — Contributor — 4 copies
Las guerras de este mundo : sociedad, poder y ficción en la obra de Mario Vargas Llosa (2008) — Contributor — 3 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1943-09-24
- Date of death
- 2012-03-25
- Burial location
- Cemitério dos Prazeres, Lisbon, Portugal
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Italy
- Birthplace
- Pisa, Italy
- Place of death
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Places of residence
- Vecchiano, Italy
Pisa, Italy
Lisbon, Portugal - Education
- Scuola Normale di Pisa
- Occupations
- professor
novelist - Awards and honors
- Austrian State Prize for European Literature (1998)
Scanno Prize ( [1994])
Man Booker International Prize Finalist (2005 ∙ 2009)
Prix médicis étranger (1987)
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- 190
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