António Lobo Antunes

1942 -

country of citizenship: Portugal

languages spoken, written or signed: Portuguese

award received: Camões Prize, FIL Award, Jerusalem Prize, International Nonino Prize, Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso, Austrian State Prize for European Literature, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Order of Liberty, honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University, honorary doctor of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Prémio Autores

António Lobo Antunes (Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu ˈloβu ɐ̃ˈtunɨʃ]; born 1 September 1942) is a Portuguese novelist and retired medical doctor. He has been named as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He has been awarded the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid Prize, the 2005 Jerusalem Prize, the 2007 Camões Prize, and the 2008 Juan Rulfo Prize. Source: Wikipedia (en)