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Antonio Lobo Antunes [1942-0] Portuguese
Rank: 110
Novelist


António Lobo Antunes, GCSE, MD is a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor. He has been named as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Patriotism

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I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world, so the idea of patriotism is not very strong in me. My country is the country of Chekhov, Beethoven, Velasquez - writers I like, painters and artists I admire. Patriotism
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I was very interested in the relationship between the man who speaks and the woman who listens. I was drawn to the idea that the relationship between a man and a woman can be something like a war itself, very cruel and violent.
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It's funny - my wife is more jealous of my books than of other women because I'm always working and thinking about my books.
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