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Alexandra Lucas Coelho
Born1967
Citizenship Portugal
Alma materUniversidade Nova de Lisboa
Occupation(s)Journalist, writer
Notable workOrlando e o Rinoceronte

Alexandra Lucas Coelho (Lisbon, 1967) is a journalist and Portuguese writer.[1][2]. She has been a journalist since 1987.[3]

Life and career

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Alexandra Lucas Coelho was born in Lisbon in 1967, she was almost born on Sal Island, in Cape Verde[4].

Coelho studied theatre at IFICT. She graduated in Communication Sciences from NOVA University of Lisbon, and worked as a correspondent for the Público newspaper, having traveled troughout the Middle East and Central Asia. This experience was portrayed in her first books, the travel reports Oriente Próximo and Caderno Afegão.

She published her first novel, E a noite roda in 2012[5]

She lived in Jerusalem and in Rio de Janeiro from 2011 to 2014.

Work in the Middle East

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In 2001, Coelho began traveling regularly to the Middle East and Central Asia, and between 2005 and 2006 she spent six months in Jerusalem as a foreign correspondent for Público. This was the basis of her first two books, Oriente Próximo and Caderno Afegão.

Bibliography

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She is the author of:[6][7][8]

  • Cinco voltas na Bahia e um beijo para Caetano Veloso, 2019, Bazar do Tempo[9]
  • Orlando e o Rinoceronte, 2017, Alfaguara
  • Vai Brasil, 2013, Tinta da China
  • Tahrir!, 2011, Tinta da China
  • Viva México, 2010, Tinta da China
  • Caderno Afegão, 2009, Tinta da China
  • Oriente Próximo, 2007, Relógio D`Água

Novels

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Awards

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  • 2012 - Associação Portuguesa de Escritores/ Direcção-Geral do Livro dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas Grand Prize for Novel - E a Noite Roda[10]
  • 2020 - Grand Prize for Travel Literature Maria Ondina Braga - Cinco Voltas na Bahia e um beijo para Caetano Veloso.[9][11]

References

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  1. ^ Comunidade de Leitores com Alexandra Lucas Coelho[dead link]. Centro Cultural Belém
  2. ^ Entrevista Alexandra Lucas Coelho, escritora portuguesa. Rota das Letras – Festival Literário de Macau
  3. ^ "Alexandra Lucas Coelho". Granta Magazine.
  4. ^ "Do Tarrafal vê-se o império português (44 anos depois do 25 de Abril) | BUALA". www.buala.org (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  5. ^ «E a Noite Roda», de Alexandra Lucas Coelho[dead link]. TSF, 14 de março de 2012
  6. ^ "Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal". catalogo.bnportugal.pt. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  7. ^ "Livros portugueses, livros estrangeiros, livros escolares e ebooks - Wook". www.wook.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  8. ^ "Search results for "Alexandra Lucas coelho" (showing 1-20 of 23 books)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  9. ^ a b "Cinco Voltas na Bahia e um Beijo para Caetano Veloso - Livro - WOOK". www.wook.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  10. ^ Associação Portuguesa de Escritores. "Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela APE/DGLAB". Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  11. ^ Lusa, Agência. "Alexandra Lucas Coelho vence Grande Prémio de Literatura de Viagens Maria Ondina Braga". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-10.
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