About Antonio Tabucchi
Antonio Tabucchi was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy. Deeply in love with Portugal, he was an expert, critic and translator of the works of Fernando Pessoa from whom he drew the conceptions of saudade, of fiction and of the heteronyms. Tabucchi was first introduced to Pessoa's works in the 1960s when attending the Sorbonne. He was so charmed that when he returned to Italy, he took an introductory course in Portuguese for a better comprehension of the poet.
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Awards & Honors
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
Viareggio Prize
Premio Campiello
Prix Médicis étranger
Francisco Cerecedo Prize
Commander of the Order of Prince Henry
Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
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Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
