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Born on February 13, 1951, in Santa Catarina (Caldas da Rainha), José do Carmo Francisco made his debut in the collective book. Place to Be, from 1971. InitialsHis first solo book (1981) was awarded the Revelation Prize by the Portuguese Writers' Association (APE). A poet, journalist, author of short stories, chronicles, and biographies, he organized two anthologies: The Work (1985) and Sports in Portuguese Poetry (1989). In the book of interviews Words at Play (2009) brings together a memoir and thirty conversations with figures from the arts, literature, radio, sports, and politics. In 2005, Ruy Ventura published José do Carmo Francisco – an approach (with an introductory note by Antônio Cândido Franco).
José do Carmo Francisco collaborates with the magazine. Filaments, from California State University (Fresno, United States), and with the newspapers Island Diary (Angra do Heroísmo), Ribatejo Mail (Santarém), The Casapiano (Lisbon) and Millennium Stadium (Toronto, Canada). She is a member of the governing bodies of the APE and the Portuguese Association of Literary Critics (APCL). She has published two volumes of chronicles in On y va. The Homeland of Rain (2024) and The Past Is Forever (2026). In 2021, marking fifty years of literary life, he published the book of poetry. In the end.