Nuno Júdice was born in 1949 in the
village of Mexilhoeira Grande in the Algarve. He studied
in Lisbon, where he received a Master’s degree
in Romance Languages and Literature and in 1989 a PhD,
with a dissertation on medieval literature. A professor
at Lisbon’s Universidade Nova, he served from
1997 to 2004 as the cultural attaché of the Portuguese
Embassy in Paris. His poetry has garnered various prizes
and is widely translated.
A
literary critic, essayist, and writer of fiction with
various titles to his credit, Júdice is best
known as a poet, with some twenty collections of verse
to his credit. His poetry is conversational in tone,
without any evident laboring over the right word here,
the special metrical or sound effect there. But we
find, lightly embedded in his verses, a profound theoretical
reflection on life and on individual lives –
lives he has perhaps lived, or dreamt, or witnessed.
Some of the poems read like parables or allegories,
but what do the symbols mean? Maybe they don’t
mean anything, and maybe that doesn’t matter.
Júdice’s poetry is a journey through
memories, visions, real and imagined experiences,
ideas and hypotheses, without any hope – or
concern – to arrive at a conclusion.
Richard Zenith
Bibliography
Poetry
in Portuguese (partial listing):
A
Noção de Poema. Publicações
Dom Quixote, Lisbon, 1972.
As Inumeráveis Águas. Assírio
& Alvim, Lisbon, 1974.
O Mecanismo Romântico da Fragmentação.
Inova, Porto, 1975.
O Corte na Ênfase. Inova, Oporto, 1978.
O Voo de Igitur num Copo de Dados. & etc., Lisbon,
1981.
Lira de Líquen. (Prémio de Poesia do
Pen Clube), Rolim, Lisbon, 1985.
A Condescendência do Ser. Quetzal, Lisbon, 1988.
Enumeração de Sombras. Quetzal, Lisbon,
1989.
As Regras da Perspectiva. (Dom Dinis Prize), Quetzal,
Lisbon, 1990.
Um Canto na Espessura do Tempo. Quetzal, Lisbon, 1992.
Meditação sobre Ruínas. (Portuguese
Writers’ Association Grand Prize for Poetry),
Quetzal, Lisbon, 1995.
O Movimento do Mundo. Quetzal, Lisbon, 1996.
A Fonte da Vida. Quetzal, Lisbon, 1997.
Teoria Geral do Sentimento. Quetzal, Lisbon, 1999.
Poesia Reunida (1967-2000). Publicações
Dom Quixote, Lisbon, 2000.
Cartografia de Emoções. Publicações
Dom Quixote, Lisbon, 2001.
O Estado dos Campos. Publicações Dom
Quixote, Lisbon, 2003.
Nuno
Júdice has also published many works of fiction,
essays, and several plays.
Works
in translation:
Bulgarian
Poesia. Karina M., Sofia, 1999.
Czech
Sarlatova Zena. Argo, 1999.
Danish
Vandlinier. Brondum, Copenhagen, 1998.
Dutch
Recept om Blauw te Maken. Wagner & Van Santen,
Rotterdam, 1998.
English
Meditation on Ruins. Archangel, 1997. Translation
by Richard Zenith.
French
Les Degrés du regard (anthologie). L’Escampette,
1993. Translation by Michel Chandeigne.
Le Mouvement du monde. Le Taillis Pré, 2000.
Translation by Michel Chandeigne.
Lignes d’eau. Fata Morgana, 2000. Translation
by Jean-Pierre Léger.
Jeu de reflets. Chandeigne, 2001. Translation by Michel
Chandeigne.
Un chant dans l’épaisseur du temps suivi
de Méditation sur des ruines. Poésies/Gallimard,
1996. Translation by Michel Chandeigne.
Hebrew
Meditation on ruins. Carmel, 2000. Translation by
Ahron Amir.
Italian
Antologia. Colpo di Fulmine, 1991. Translation by
Adelina Aletti.
Spanish
Teoría General del Sentimiento. Trilce, 2001.
Translation by Blanca Luz Pulido.
Un canto para la espessura del tiempo. Calambur, 1995.
Swedish
Källskrift. Aura Latina, 1998. Translation by
Lasse Söderberg.
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