Vergílio Ferreira

Vergílio Ferreira
Born	(1916-01-28)28 January 1916 Gouveia
Died	1 March 1996(1996-03-01) (aged 80) Lisbon
Nationality	Portuguese
Occupation	Writer
Known for	Manhã Submersa

Virgílio Ferreira, JOSE (Melo, Gouveia, 28 January 1916 – Lisbon, 1 March 1996) was a Portuguese writer.

Biography

As a teenager, he studied in a seminar. Later he studied at the University of Coimbra. His experiences are related in his most famous work "Manhã Submersa", (Misty Morning, lit. Submerged Morning), which was published in 1953 and made into a film in 1980. Among his best novels is also "Aparição" (1959).

He worked most of his life as a teacher in several places around Portugal.

Works

Manhã Submersa (1953)
Aparição (1959)
até ao fim

References

Laureates of the Camões Prize

1989–2000	1989 Miguel Torga 1990 João Cabral de Melo Neto 1991 José Craveirinha 1992 Vergílio Ferreira 1993 Rachel de Queiroz 1994 Jorge Amado 1995 José Saramago 1996 Eduardo Lourenço 1997 Pepetela 1998 Antonio Candido 1999 Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen 2000 Autran Dourado

2001–2010	2001 Eugénio de Andrade 2002 Maria Velho da Costa 2003 Rubem Fonseca 2004 Agustina Bessa-Luís 2005 Lygia Fagundes Telles 2006 José Luandino Vieira (declined award) 2007 António Lobo Antunes 2008 João Ubaldo Ribeiro 2009 Arménio Vieira 2010 Ferreira Gullar

2011–present	2011 Manuel António Pina 2012 Dalton Trevisan 2013 Mia Couto 2014 Alberto da Costa e Silva 2015 Hélia Correia 2016 Raduan Nassar

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 22157870 LCCN: n81140521 ISNI: 0000 0001 2277 3440 GND: 119369745 SUDOC: 028514203 BNF: cb12033502v (data) BNE: XX849712

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