
At the age of seven, António Lobo Antunes decided to be a writer but when he was 16, his father sent him to medical school - he is a psychiatrist. During this time he never stopped writing. By the end of his education he had to join the Army, to take part in the war in Angola, from 1970 to 1973. It was there, in a military hospital, that he gained interest for the subjects of death and the other. The Angolan war for independence later became subject to many of his novels. He worked many months in Germany and Belgium. In 1979, Lobo Antunes published his first novel - Memória de Elefante (Elephant's Memory), where he told the story of his separation. Due to the success of his first novel, Lobo Antunes decided to devote his evenings to writing. He has been practicing psychiatry all the time, though, mainly at the outpatient's unit at the Hospital Miguel Bombarda of Lisbon. His style is considered to be very dense, heavily influenced by William Faulkner, James Joyce and Louis-Ferdinand Céline. He has an extensive work, translated into several languages. Among the many awards he has received so far, in 2007 he received the Camões Award, the most prestigious Portuguese literary award.
Series
Books

O Arquipélago da Insónia
2008

Que Cavalos São Aqueles que Fazem Sombra no Mar?
2009

Terceiro Livro de Crónicas
2006

O Meu Nome é Legião
2007

D'este viver aqui neste papel descripto
2005

Dicionário da Linguagem das Flores
2020

The Fat Man and Infinity
And Other Writings
2009

By the Rivers of Babylon
2010

Knowledge of Hell
1980

Fado Alexandrino
1983

Ontem não te vi em Babilônia
2006

Caminho Como Uma Casa em Chamas
2014

A Última Porta Antes da Noite
2018

La muerte de Carlos Gardel
1994

A outra margem do mar
2019

Para Aquela que Está Sentada no Escuro à Minha Espera
2016

Não é Meia Noite Quem Quer
2012

Eu Hei-de Amar uma Pedra
2004

Libro de crónicas
Una selección (Biblioteca Lobo Antunes)
1998

Da Natureza dos Deuses
2015

Act of the Damned
1985

Os Cus de Judas
1979

An Explanation of the Birds
1981

The Return of the Caravels
1988

Crónicas
1995

The Inquisitors' Manual
1996

What Can I Do When Everything's on Fire?
2001

Commission of Tears
2011

Esplendor de Portugal (Biblioteca Lobo Antunes)
1997

Until Stones Become Lighter Than Water
2017

Não Entres Tão Depressa Nessa Noite Escura
2000

Tratado de las pasiones del alma
1990

Memória de Elefante
1979

Quarto Livro de Crónicas
2012

Portogallo
2019

Boa Tarde às Coisas Aqui em Baixo
2003

Exortação aos Crocodilos
1999

The Natural Order of Things
1992

Segundo livro de Crónicas
2002