Valter hugo mãe


Valter hugo mãe is the artistic name of the Portuguese writer Valter Hugo Lemos. He is also an editor, singer and plastic artist. Valter hugo mãe received the José Saramago Prize in Literature in 2007 for his novel o remorso de baltazar serapião.
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Biography

Valter hugo mãe, was born in Henrique de Carvalho, in colonial Angola. He spent his childhood in Paços de Ferreira, and in 1980 he moved to Vila do Conde. He graduated in Law, and did post-graduate work in Modern and Contemporary Portuguese literature.
Valter hugo mãe achieved public recognition in 2007 by winning the José Saramago Prize. During the prize ceremony José Saramago called the novel o remorso de baltazar serapião a true literary tsunami.
Besides writing, he has dedicated effort to drawing, with a first public exhibition in 2007 in Porto, and also to music, being the singer in the band O Governo.

Music

Disco de Cabeceira, Paulo Praça, Som Livre, Oeiras, 2007 ;A Geração da Matilha, Mundo Cão, Cobra, Braga, 2009 ;Propaganda Sentimental, Governo, Optimus, Lisboa, 2009.

Prizes