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Antonio Tabucchi

Italian writer and literary scholar (1943-2012) · Italy · Writers · Died at 68

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Antonio Tabucchi was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy. Deeply in love with Portugal, he was an expert, critic and translator of the works of Fernando Pessoa from whom he drew the conceptions of saudade, of fiction and of the heteronyms.

A life in dates

2012Died25 March 20122007Honorary doctor of the University of LiègeAward2004Francisco Cerecedo PrizeAward1997Austrian State Prize for European LiteratureAward1994Premio CampielloAwardViareggio PrizeAward1987Prix Médicis étrangerAward1943Born24 September 1943

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Awards

Honorary doctor of the University of Liège2007
Francisco Cerecedo Prize2004
Austrian State Prize for European Literature1997
Viareggio Prize1994
Premio Campiello1994
Prix Médicis étranger1987
Commander of the Order of Prince Henry
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

About this person

Antonio Tabucchi was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy. Deeply in love with Portugal, he was an expert, critic and translator of the works of Fernando Pessoa from whom he drew the conceptions of saudade, of fiction and of the heteronyms. Tabucchi was first introduced to Pessoa's works in the 1960s when attending the Sorbonne. He was so charmed that when he returned to Italy, he took an introductory course in Portuguese for a better comprehension of the poet.

Country
Italy
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1943 to 2012 · aged 68

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