Fernando Venâncio
Encyclopedia
Fernando Venâncio is a Portuguese born writer, intellectual, literary critic, linguist
and academic. At present he holds Dutch nationality.
Fernado Venâncio spent his childhood in Lisbon
and completed his secondary school in the northern Portuguese city of Braga
. He studied Philosophy in Vila Nova de Ourém and Theology in Lisbon. In 1970 he moves to the Netherlands
, where he eventually completes his studies in linguistics at the University of Amsterdam in 1976. Two years later he starts lecturing at the department of Portuguese studies in the University of Nijmegen. From 1984 to 1988 he taught at the University of Utrecht, eventually returning to the University of Amsterdam to teach Portuguese language and culture, until today. In 1995 Venâncio completed his doctoral
degree with a thesis on Portuguese language
.
He is an accomplished author and a regular contributor to prestigious journals such as Jornal Literário, Ler and Colóquio/Letras, working as a literary critic. He also publishes in the Portuguese newspaper Expresso and in the magazine Visão. Until March 2008, he was a regular contributor in the collective blog Aspirina B.
Venâncio, although controversial in some issues, has expressed pro-reintegrationism views, referring to the relationship between Galician
and Portuguese language.
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
and academic. At present he holds Dutch nationality.
Fernado Venâncio spent his childhood in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
and completed his secondary school in the northern Portuguese city of Braga
Braga
Braga , a city in the Braga Municipality in northwestern Portugal, is the capital of the Braga District, the oldest archdiocese and the third major city of the country. Braga is the oldest Portuguese city and one of the oldest Christian cities in the World...
. He studied Philosophy in Vila Nova de Ourém and Theology in Lisbon. In 1970 he moves to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, where he eventually completes his studies in linguistics at the University of Amsterdam in 1976. Two years later he starts lecturing at the department of Portuguese studies in the University of Nijmegen. From 1984 to 1988 he taught at the University of Utrecht, eventually returning to the University of Amsterdam to teach Portuguese language and culture, until today. In 1995 Venâncio completed his doctoral
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
degree with a thesis on Portuguese language
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
.
He is an accomplished author and a regular contributor to prestigious journals such as Jornal Literário, Ler and Colóquio/Letras, working as a literary critic. He also publishes in the Portuguese newspaper Expresso and in the magazine Visão. Until March 2008, he was a regular contributor in the collective blog Aspirina B.
Venâncio, although controversial in some issues, has expressed pro-reintegrationism views, referring to the relationship between Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Castilian Spanish, as well as in border zones of the neighbouring territories of Asturias and Castile and León.Modern Galician and...
and Portuguese language.
Selected works
- Uma migalha na Saia do Universo, 1997 (poetry collection, translated from DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
) - Estilo e Preconceito. A Língua Literária em Portugal na Época de Castilho, 1998 (doctoral thesis, published by Edições Cosmos)
- Um Almoço de Negócios em Sintra, 1999 (translation of the work by Gerrit KomrijGerrit KomrijGerrit Jan Komrij is a Dutch poet, novelist, translator, critic, polemic journalist and playwright. From 2000 to 2004 he was the Dutch Dichter des Vaderlands .-Biography:...
) - Os Esquemas de Fradique, 1999
- Jose Saramago: A Luz e o Sombreado, 2000
- El-Rei no Porto, 2001
- Maquinações e Bons Sentimentos, 2002
- Ensaios Literários, 2002
- Quem Inventou Marrocos: Diários de Viagem, 2004
- Último Minuete em Lisboa, 2008.
External links
- Fernando Venâncio in Aspirina B (in Portuguese)
- Brief bibliography and access to a number of short texts by Fernando Venâncio (in Portuguese)