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António Lobo Antunes

Born

in Lisboa, Portugal

September 01, 1942

Died

March 05, 2026

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Historical Fiction

Influences

William Faulkner, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Leo Tolstoy, F. Scott Fitzge ...more

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At the age of seven, António Lobo Antunes decided to be a writer but when he was 16, his father sent him to medical school - he is a psychiatrist. During this time he never stopped writing.
By the end of his education he had to join the Army, to take part in the war in Angola, from 1970 to 1973. It was there, in a military hospital, that he gained interest for the subjects of death and the other. The Angolan war for independence later became subject to many of his novels. He worked many months in Germany and Belgium.

In 1979, Lobo Antunes published his first novel - Memória de Elefante (Elephant's Memory), where he told the story of his separation. Due to the success of his first novel, Lobo Antunes decided to devote his evenings to writing. ...more

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Teresa Carvalho: «As coisas aqui em baixo»

António Lobo Antunes fez do leitor – provocado, investido, ferido, apontado nas suas insuficiências, incapacidades, nas derrotas a que o tempo, uma vez expirado, o sujeita – um alvo.

Um cartão de visita encontrado nas páginas iniciais de Os Cus de Judas, romance publicado logo após o livro de estreia, ambos de 1979, apresenta-o sumariamente: «sou homem de um país estreito e velho», como quem re Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.93 · 17,793 ratings · 1,957 reviews · 86 distinct works • Similar authors

	Os Cus de Judas 3.97 avg rating — 3,436 ratings — published 1979 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoria de elefante by António Lobo Antunes, Mario Merlino Tornini (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 1,899 ratings — published 1979 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inquisitors' Manual by António Lobo Antunes, Richard Zenith (Translator) 4.21 avg rating — 1,191 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Natural Order of Things by António Lobo Antunes, Richard Zenith (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 717 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Explanation of the Birds by António Lobo Antunes, Richard Zenith (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 613 ratings — published 1981 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chwała Portugalii by António Lobo Antunes, Wojciech Charchalis (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Return of the Caravels by António Lobo Antunes, Gregory Rabassa (Translation) 3.55 avg rating — 615 ratings — published 1988 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Act of the Damned by António Lobo Antunes, Richard Zenith (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 511 ratings — published 1985 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fado Alexandrino 4.20 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 1983 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knowledge of Hell 3.93 avg rating — 440 ratings — published 1980 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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