António Lobo Antunes
António Lobo Antunes | |
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.jpg) António Lobo Antunes in March 2010 | |
| Born | 1 September 1942 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 5 March 2026 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, short-story writer, psychiatrist |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | João Lobo Antunes (brother) Manuel Lobo Antunes (brother) |
| Awards | Camões Award (2007) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | .svg.png){kind=small} Portugal |
| Branch |  Portuguese Army |
| Years of service | 1971–1973 |
| Rank | Lieutenant / Military doctor |
| Battles / wars | Portuguese Colonial War |
António Lobo Antunes GCSE (pt-PT; 1 September 1942 – 5 March 2026) was a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature many times.[1] He was given the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid Prize, the 2005 Jerusalem Prize, the 2007 Camões Prize, and the 2008 Juan Rulfo Prize.
Lobo Antunes died on 5 March 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal at the age of 83.[2]
References
- ↑ "Var hamnar pricken i år Litteraturpristagaren utses i dag". Dagens Nyheter. 5 October 1995.
- ↑ António Lobo Antunes, one of the great authors of Portuguese literature, has died. Retrieved 5 March 2026.