Bernardo Carvalho

Bernardo Carvalho
Carvalho in March 2010
Carvalho in March 2010
Born1960 (age 65–66)
Occupation
  • Author
  • journalist
Notable awardsPortugal Telecom Prize for Literature (2003)

Bernardo Teixeira de Carvalho (born 1960 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian author and journalist.

Career

He graduated in journalism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in 1983. In 1986 he began writing for Folha de S.Paulo,[1] where he was the editor of the essay section “Folhetim", and was a Paris and New York correspondent for the newspaper.[2]

In 1993 he got a master's degree in cinema at the University of São Paulo's School of Communications and Arts. Between 1998 and 2008 he was a columnist for Folha's culture section Ilustrada.[1] He debuted in literature with the short story collection Aberração. His first two novels were edited in France.

His novel Mongólia received the 2003 prize of the Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Arte. He shared the Portugal Telecom Prize for Literature with Dalton Trevisan for his novel Nove Noites.[3]

Awards and recognitions

Bibliography

  • Aberração (short story collection) 1993
  • Onze (novel) 1995
  • Os Bêbados e os Sonâmbulos (novel) 1996
  • Teatro (novel) 1998
  • As Iniciais (novel) 1999
  • Medo de Sade (novel) 2000
  • Nove Noites (novel) 2002 - published in English in 2007 as Nine Nights (translated by Benjamin Moser)[10]
  • Mongólia (novel) 2003
  • O Sol se Põe em São Paulo (novel) 2007
  • O Filho da Mãe (novel) 2009
  • Reprodução (novel) 2013
  • Simpatia pelo demônio (novel) 2016
  • O último gozo do mundo (novel) 2021
  • Os substitutos (novel) 2023

References

  1. ^ a b Viagens, Auroraeco (2017-10-02). "Navegar é Preciso 2018: Bernardo Carvalho". Blog da Auroraeco (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-09-01.
  2. ^ "Um Escritor na Biblioteca - Bernardo Carvalho". Biblioteca Pública do Paraná (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-09-01.
  3. ^ "Os perigos da literatura pop". www.otempo.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-09-01.
  4. ^ "LITERATURA". apca - Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-09-01.
  5. ^ "2014 - 2003". Oceanos (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-09-01.
  6. ^ "Premiados do Ano | Prêmio Jabuti". www.premiojabuti.com.br. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
  7. ^ Folha Online (16 October 2008). "Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura divulga finalistas". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  8. ^ MARCO RODRIGO ALMEIDA (29 May 2010). "Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura divulga finalistas". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  9. ^ G1, Do; Paulo, em São (2014-10-16). "Bernardo Carvalho e Rubem Fonseca vencem Prêmio Jabuti; veja lista". Pop & Arte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Smart, James; Montgomery, Isobel; Brooke, Keith (2007-11-03). "Nativity story". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-09-01.