Lit in Translation

Valter Hugo Mãe

Born 1971 · Portugal

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    APE 2021 · Winner

    Contra Mim

    Title translated by AI:“Against Me”

    Valter Hugo Mãe · 49 when first published

    Novel · 281 pages · Autofiction, Coming of age

    AI-generated summary:The author goes back to his own childhood to tell how a boy who would become a writer learned to make words his food, his company, his refuge and even small pieces of God.

  • No English yet

    APE 2014 · Shortlist

    A Desumanização

    Title translated by AI:“The Dehumanization”

    Valter Hugo Mãe · 42 when first published

    Novel · 238 pages · Family, Coming of age

    AI-generated summary:Among the remote fjords of Iceland, a girl who is not like the others describes what is left of her life after her twin sister dies.