Candida Hoefer: In Portugal [Hardcover]

Jose Saramago (Author), Shelley Rice (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 30, 2007

Portugal is a small country with a great past. Vasco da Gama's discovery of the sea route to India turned the independent kingdom of Portugal into the leading sea and colonial power in the Western world. Lisbon, presumably founded by the Phoenicians, was one of Europe's richest cities in the heyday of the Age of Discovery. Today, Portugal's monasteries and churches, its palaces, libraries, opera houses, and museums which have survived evoke past glory with immense murals composed of colored tiles and ornate sculptural décor.

We are publishing the volume to coincide with Candida Höfer's exhibition of her Portugal photos at Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon. Portuguese writer and 1998 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature, José Saramago, has written an essay for this catalog.

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About the Author

Candida Höfer, born in Eberswalde, Germany, in 1944, studied with Bernd Becher at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. Along with numerous international shows, she participated in documenta 11 and represented Germany at the 2003 Venice Biennial.

José Saramago, born in Azinhaga, Portugal, in 1922, as the son of illiterate hog farmers, wrote his first novel at the age of 25. After a 30-year pause he has continually published internationally acclaimed works and received the Nobel Prize for Litera-ture in 1998. His works include, among others, The Land of Sin (1947), The Memorial (1986), The Stone Raft (1986), The Double (2002), and Seeing (2004). He lives on Lanzarote island.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Schirmer/Mosel; Bilingual edition (January 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3829602790
• ISBN-13: 978-3829602792
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,491,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

JOSE SARAMAGO is one of the most acclaimed writers in the world today. He is the author of numerous novels, including All the Names, Blindness, and The Cave. In 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.