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| Paulo da Costa | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 1965 Luanda, Angola |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English and Portuguese |
| Nationality | Canadian and Portuguese |
| Period | 1999 – present |
| Genre | fiction, non-fiction, poetry |
| Notable works | The Scent of a Lie, Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey, Trust the Bluer Skies : Meditations on Fatherhood |
| Notable awards | Commonwealth Writers Prize – Caribbean & Canada Region First Book, James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction, W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize, Canongate Short-Fiction Prize |
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Paulo da Costa, born in Angola and raised in Portugal, is a bilingual Canadian-Portuguese author, editor and translator living in Canada.
Works
Fiction
- Scent of a Lie - 2002 - Caribbean & Canada Commonwealth Writers Prize Best First Book 2003, 2002 W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize, 2001 Cannongate Prize - Scotland.
- O Perfume da Mentira - Livros Pé d'Orelha, 2012
- The Green and Purple Skin of The World - Freehand Books, 2013
- The Midwife of Torment & Other Stories, 55 sudden fictions – Guernica Editions, 2017
Non-Fiction
- Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey, Essays on Identity, Language and Writing Culture, Boavista Press, Paperback : 97809960511322015, 208 pages, April 2015
- Trust the Bluer Skies : Meditations on Fatherhood,, University of Regina Press, Paperback : 9780889779921, 256 pages, March 2024
Poetry
- Notas-de-rodapé - Portuguese poems – Livros Pé d'Orelha, 2005
Literary translation
- The Cartography of Being – Translated poems of Nuno Júdice 1970-2005 LPO 2012
Audio chapbooks
- Notas-de-rodapé - Portuguese poems – Livros Pé d'Orelha 2005
- Midwife of Torment & Other Stories - Livros Pé d'Orelha 2005
- Twenty Poems – English Poems - Livros Pé d'Orelha – 2006
- XX poemas - Portuguese poems - Livros Pé d'Orelha - 2006
- The Book of Catalogues – Livros Pé d'Orelha - 2010
Awards
- 2024 James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction
- 2023 James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction
- 2020 James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction
- 2003 Caribbean & Canada Region Commonwealth Writers Prize – First Book
- 2002 W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize
- 2001 Canongate Short-Fiction Prize (Scotland)
- 1999 CBC Alberta Anthology – Short Story
Portuguese
- 2023 Prémio Alberto Bastos – Poesia (Poetry Prize – Portuguese)
- 2003 ProVerbo . Prémio – Poesia (Poetry Prize – Portuguese)
- 2003 ProVerbo . Prémio – Conto (Short-Story Prize – Portuguese)
References
- Donnelly, Brian (18 August 2001). "A wealth of talent among literary prize-winners". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
External links
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- Irene Marques, "Calling Us into Seeing and Being More: “Me” and the World", Canadian Writers Abroad, October 16, 2017
- Open Book, "On Writing, with paulo da costa", Open Book, June 06, 2017
- Writers’ Guild of Alberta, "The 2020 Alberta Literary Awards, Writers’ Guild of Alberta, June 04, 2020
- Writers’ Guild of Alberta, "The 2023 Alberta Literary Awards, Writers’ Guild of Alberta, June 03, 2023
- Writers’ Guild of Alberta, "The 2024 Alberta Literary Awards, Writers’ Guild of Alberta, June 09, 2024