Vítor Manuel Aguiar e Silva
Vítor Manuel de Aguiar e Silva (1939–2022) was a Portuguese scholar, writer and poet. He was born in the parish of Real in Penalva do Castelo. He studied at the Liceu Nacional de Viseu and the University of Coimbra.
Also recorded as Vítor Manuel de Aguiar e Silva
Vítor Manuel Aguiar e Silva
- Born
- 1939 · Real.
- Died
- 2022
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Occupation
- writer · poet · literary scholar
- Education
- University of Coimbra
- Honours
- Camões Prize
- Languages
- Portuguese
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He obtained a doctorate in Portuguese literature, and then in 1979, he took up a teaching career at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Coimbra. He later moved to the University of Minho where he served as the vice-rector from 1990 to 2002. A prolific scholar and writer, he won the Camoes Prize in 2020. He published more than a dozen books on Portuguese literature, among them several works on the Portuguese national poet Luis de Camoes. He died in September 2022. In 2024, he received the "Ordem de Camões" award from the President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The award is posthumous for his contributions to the Portuguese language and its projection in the world.
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Vítor Manuel Aguiar e Silva (15 September 1939 – 12 September 2022) is described as a writer and literary scholar in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Vítor Manuel Aguiar e Silva is recorded on 15 September 1939 in Real (Viseu, Portugal), and the death on 12 September 2022.
Vítor Manuel Aguiar e Silva studied at University of Coimbra. The recorded working language is Portuguese. Employment is recorded with University of Coimbra and University of Minho. Positions recorded include full professor. Distinctions recorded are Camões Prize.
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- 1.10 de novembro de 2006.
- 2.Ilustre Penalvense Professor Doutor Vítor Manuel Aguiar e Silva galardoado com prémio “Vida Literária” da Associação Portuguesa de Escritores. Câmara Municipal de Penalva do Castelo. 28 de maio de 2008.
- 3.Entidades Nacionais Agraciadas com Ordens Portuguesas.
- 4.Castelo. Vítor Aguiar e Silva, o Prémio Camões que não adota o novo acordo. 27 de outubro de 2020.
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