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Gonçalo M. Tavares

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Gonçalo M. Tavares

Gonçalo M. Tavares was born in Luanda in 1970 and teaches Theory of Science in Lisbon. He published his first book in 2001. Since then, translations of his work have been published in fifty countries....

Tavares has received literary awards in several genres, among them the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger 2010, which has so far been given to authors like Robert Musil, Philip Roth, Gabriel García Márquez, and Elias Canetti; the Prix Littéraire Européen 2011; and the Prémio Portugal Telecom in 2007 and 2011. Other awards include the Saramago Prize, the SPA Author’s Prize, and the Grand Prix of Romance and Novel of the Portuguese Writers’ Association (APE).

Photo credit: Joana Caiano.

Plague Diary, March 23, 2020

By Gonçalo M. Tavares

“They say that even the smallest particles, like the virus, atoms, etc., make a sound . . .

Translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn

Ernst and Mylia

By Gonçalo M. Tavares

Ernst Spengler was alone in his attic apartment, ready to throw himself out the already open window when, suddenly, the telephone rang

Translated from Portuguese by Anna Kushner

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Gonçalo M. Tavares

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Plague Diary, March 23, 2020

Ernst and Mylia