Paulo da Costa (writer)

Paulo da Costa, born in Angola and raised in Portugal, is a bilingual Canadian-Portuguese author, editor and translator living in Canada.[1]

Paulo da Costa
BornApril 1965
Luanda, Angola
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish and Portuguese
NationalityCanadian and Portuguese
Period1999 – present
Genrefiction, non-fiction, poetry
Notable worksThe Scent of a Lie, Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey, Trust the Bluer Skies : Meditations on Fatherhood
Notable awardsCommonwealth 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
Website
www.paulodacosta.ca

Works

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Fiction

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Notas-de-rodapé - Portuguese poems – Livros Pé d'Orelha, 2005

Literary translation

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  • The Cartography of Being – Translated poems of Nuno Júdice 1970-2005 LPO 2012

Audio chapbooks

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Donnelly, Brian (18 August 2001). "A wealth of talent among literary prize-winners". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

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  1. ^ Irene Marques, "Calling Us into Seeing and Being More: “Me” and the World", Canadian Writers Abroad, October 16, 2017
  2. ^ Open Book, "On Writing, with paulo da costa", Open Book, June 06, 2017
  3. ^ Writers’ Guild of Alberta, "The 2020 Alberta Literary Awards, Writers’ Guild of Alberta, June 04, 2020
  4. ^ Writers’ Guild of Alberta, "The 2023 Alberta Literary Awards, Writers’ Guild of Alberta, June 03, 2023
  5. ^ Writers’ Guild of Alberta, "The 2024 Alberta Literary Awards, Writers’ Guild of Alberta, June 09, 2024