Deana Barroqueiro

Deana Barroqueiro contacts:

E-mail: barroqueiro.deana@gmail.com

Homepage: http://deanabarroqueiro.blogspot.pt

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deana.barroqueiro

Grupo Facebook: O Corsário dos Sete Mares - Fernão Mendes Pinto". https://www.facebook.com/deana.barroqueiro#!/groups/deanabarroqueiro/

PRIZES:

- Grito de Mujer - pela Lusofonia.

- Prémio Femina 2021 - Notáveis mulheres - pelo Estudo e divulgação da Cultura, História e Sociedade de Matriz Portuguesa no estrangeiro e na Lusofonia.

- Prémio Internacional da Literatura Gastronómica 2021, pela Académie Internationale de la Gastronomie (Paris) para a História dos Paladares I – Sedução.

- Nomeação para duas das principais categorias dos Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2022 (a de Séries e a da História da Culinária)

Deana Barroqueiro most recent works:

- «História dos Paladares II - Perdição. Second volume, 2021 Prime Books. With 211 recipes from all times and countries. Nominated in 2 categories for The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2022.

- «História dos Paladares I - Sedução. An History of flavours, 250 recipes and people from all times and countries. 2020 Prime Books. Awarded with the Prix International de la Littérature Gastronomique, by The Académie Internationale de la Gastronomie (Paris). Nominated in 2 categories for The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2022.

- «1640», 2017. 1640 is a key milestone in the history of Portugal, the restoration of independence, after 60 years of Spanish rule, when the Portuguese rebelled and elect a Portuguese King, D. João IV. The action unfolds between 1617 and 1667, rich in facts, period dramas and characters, fighting for your freedom and survival in the face of a social, economic and political crisis.

- «Contos Eróticos do Velho Testamento», New edition, 2018, Editora Planeta. Nova edição dos Contos e dos Novos Contos Eróticos do Velho Testamento, reunidos como Parte I e Parte II de um só volume. Recriação histórica das vidas e dos lugares da antiguidade pré-clássica que serviram de base à criação do livro que deu origem a 3 religiões que moldaram as sociedades do nosso tempo.

- The Pirate of the Seven Seas (O Corsário dos Sete Mares - Fernão Mendes Pinto), 2012: This book is about the travels and discoveries of the portuguese adventurer Fernão Mendes Pinto, in the Eastern World of the Sixteenth Century, published by Casa das Letras/LEYA. Adapted to the movies, in 2017, by João Botelho in his "Peregrinação".

- King Sebastian and the Seer ("D. Sebastião e o Vidente"), 2016, new edition by Casa das Letras/LEYA.

- The Spy of King John II (O Espião de D. João II), new edition by Casa das Letras/Leya, 2015, is a fabulous adventure of the Portuguese spy Pêro da Covilhã, in search of The Prester John and the route by land to India's rich spices.

- The Navigator of the Passage ("O Navegador da Passagem"), edition SOLD OUT. Published by Porto Editora, in October 2008, is a true marine odyssey of the Cape of Good Hope's discovery by Bartolomeu Dias, as well as a man's inner voyage for the knowledge of himself.

BIOGRAPHY:

Deana Barroqueiro was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States of America, on July 23, 1945. Daughter of Portuguese parents, when she was two years old she went to live in Lisbon, Portugal, with her mother, brother and sister. She always had the passion for reading and writing and she graduated in Portuguese and French Language and Literature, in the Lisbon University, Department of Languages and Literatures.

"I write historical novels and short stories. I did with my students countless projects of creative writing of stories and plays, publishing several works with many educational and cultural institutions.»

BOOKS:

The success of those school publications was an incentive for Deana Barroqueiro to write for a broader public her historical works, having published, from 2000 to 2021, twelve novels; two books of tales - the first of them, Erotic Tales of the Ancient Testament, is translated and edited in Spain, Italy and Brazil; and a Culinary History in 3 volumes.

Deana Barroqueiro loves the Portuguese Language and Culture and the World's History of the XV to XVIII Centuries, the period she has been studying for more than twenty years, and being by nature or addiction a storyteller, she couldn't resist to the urge of sharing with everybody interested in the same subjects, her surprising discoveries about the adventurous or tragic (nevertheless so human and close to us) lives of the historical characters that she found in her researches.

On November 21, 2003, in the United States of America, during the gala soirée for the attribution of the Literary Contest Proverbo Awards, of whose jury she was part, the writer received a praise by the Newark Municipal Council, "in recognition of her contribution for the world's culture" and " through the excellence of her written word that has brought pride to the Portuguese-American community of Newark", she was "commended for her commitment and support of the Arts" and by the promotion of the Portuguese language and culture among other communities of America, Canada and Europe.

Her novel, King Sebastian and the Seer ("D. Sebastião e o Vidente"), chosen in 2006 by the publisher Porto Editora to start its new area of editions - Literature and fiction -

received the Maxima's Literature Award 2007 - Special Award of the Jury. King Sebastian and the Seer is a web of conspiracy, mystery and revelation woven around the two main characters' lives, King Sebastian and the knight Miguel Leitão of Andrada.

The recognition of the historical value of this work (the result of a three years of hard study and research) has been given, through many events and honours, in countless places of the country, like Pedrógão Grande, Murtosa, Lagos, Castelo Branco, Fundão, Paço dos Negros-Almeirim and so on, but also among the Portuguese communities from America, Canada and Europe.

- The Temptation of the Serpent (Tentação da Serpente)(2012) is a re-edition of The Novel of the Bible (O Romance da Bíblia), published by Ésquilo - Edições e Multimedia. A feminine look into The Old Testament: an original and polemic work about the women and men of the sacred book.See more: http://tentacaodaserpente.blogspot.pt/

- The Erotic Tales of the Ancient Testament ("Contos Eróticos do Velho Testamento") published by Livros Horizonte, 2003 - is a book of short-stories of the pre-classical Antiquity, based upon the Ancient Testament tales - also translated and published in Spain, Italy and Brazil by publishers of those countries. New Erotic Tales of the Ancient Testament ("Novos Contos Eróticos do Velho Testamento"), by Livros Horizonte, 2004 - is another collection of tales of the Antiquity, recreating with a realistic and ironic glance, but also passionate, the relationship man / woman under the light of the Jewish-Christian tradition.

OTHER WORKSpublished by Editora Livros Horizonte

Uraçá, the white Indian - ("Uraçá, o índio branco") - the discovery of Brazil, 2002.

The Comet: an impossible voyage - ("O Cometa, uma viagem impossível") - the voyages of Bartolomeu Dias and his adventures in Congo and South Africa, 2002.

A Man of all Arabias - ("Um Homem das Arábias" - I) - the first of the five volumes dedicated to the amazing trips of Pêro of Covilhã, 2002.

The King's Spy - ("O Espião d'el-Rei" - II) second volume of the trips of Pêro of Covilhã, 2003.

The Stone of the Ring - ("A Pedra do Anel" - III) third volume of the spy's trips to Goa, Ormuz and Oriental Coste of Africa, 2003.

The Monomotapa - ("O Monomotapa" - IV) fourth volume of Pêro da Covilhã's adventures in Sofala, where he will discover King Salomon's mines, in Monomotapa, 2003.

The Great Abyssinian - ("O Grande Abexim" - V) fifth and last volume of the spy's trips to Mecca, Medina and Monte Sinai, proceeding later to Ethiopia in search of Preste John, 2004.

Previous Works

As a teacher, with the cooperation of the illustrator Lídia Lobo and of students of Passos Manuel High School, she published Under the Sign of Tordesillas ("Sob o Signo de Tordesilhas") - a dramatic work in verse, 1995; Tales of Pepper and of Cinnamon ("Crónicas de Pimenta e de Canela") - a collection of short-stories, 1997; Tales of Monsoon and of Tides ("Crónicas de Monções e de Marés") - a collection of short-stories, 2000; The Cape (End) of the World ("O Cabo do Mundo") - a play in verse, 2000; The Word and the Gaze ("A Palavra e o Olhar") - a study on the Jesuit Priest António Vieira, 1996.

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"The art of storytelling is not learned. It is a natural talent, born with the person. Deana Barroqueiro shows a powerful expression and an elegance of style worthy of note, with a language comprehensible to all. Her writing is perfect and coloured, descriptive in a way that transports us to the Past, always leaving us with the desire of knowing more." - Maria Fernanda Pinto in "Artes e Letras" - Newspaper Encontro, Paris.