About me

Catarina Gomes was born in Lisbon in 1975. She is the author of four non-fiction books and the novel Terrinhas, for which she received the Agustina Bessa-Luís Revelation Prize.

 

Catarina Gomes worked for almost 20 years as a journalist for the daily newspaper Público, receiving some of the most prestigious Portuguese journalism awards, including the Gazeta. Internationally, she was twice a finalist for the Gabriel García Marquez Journalism Prize and was awarded the King of Spain Prize for International Journalism.

New book

"A finger smudged with ink"

«What’s it like to live in a village where many of the inhabitants never learned to read or write? When Conceição receives an unexpected letter, she has to ‘go to Beatriz’, a woman who has the skill of deciphering the code of the abc. »

Available in bookstores: FFMSWOOK, BERTRAND and FNAC.

New book

"A finger smudged with ink"

«What’s it like to live in a village where many of the inhabitants never learned to read or write? When Conceição receives an unexpected letter, she has to ‘go to Beatriz’, a woman who has the skill of deciphering the code of the abc. »

Available in bookstores: FFMSWOOK, BERTRAND and FNAC.

novembro / november

11nov15:3013:27Universidade de São Paulo-Cátedra Jaime Cortesão-Encontro com a escritora portuguesa Catarina GomesMediação Professora Dra Lilian Jacoto15:30 – 13:27(GMT-03:00) São Paulo

11nov19:0013:36Livraria da Travessa, Pinheiros, São Paulo-Lançamento do romance «Terrinhas». Bate-papo, seguido de sessão de autógrafos.Mediação Beth Leites. Bate-papo seguido de autógrafos19:00 – 13:36(GMT-03:00) Rua dos Pinheiros, 513

12nov19:1513:33Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul-Bate-papo com a escritora portuguesa Catarina GomesMediação Prof. Dr. Paulo Ricardo Kralik19:15 – 13:33(GMT-03:00) Escola de Humanidades, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

dezembro / december

05dez/dec11:0013:40«Sei fazer tudo menos ler»-Como contar histórias de quem não pôde aprender a juntar letras?-Conferência sobre o livro «Um dedo borrado de tinta»IX Encontro de Educação de Adultos prá Vida11:00 – 13:40(GMT+00:00) Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra