Gonçalo M. Tavares, writer: “If in a country like the US there are 40 million poor people, that country is not rich, I'm sorry.”
The first Portuguese author to receive the Formentor Prize for Letters writes compulsively, but ferments his texts for years. Translated in 70 countries, Saramago said of him: “He has no right to write so well. You feel like hitting him. They will give him the Nobel.”
Gonçalo M. Tavares, a 56-year-old writer from Luanda, Angola, has published around 50 works, including novels, poetry, and theatre. His writing style is described as rare, surgical, and violent. Tavares' works are compiled in Cuadernos de Gonçalo M. Tavares, a collection that spans various genres. He has a unique approach to writing, often revisiting forgotten books and editing them concisely.
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