Pedro Braga

Attorney and journalist, Pedro Braga is even considered a writer. He simply takes pleasure in writing. In general, his novels deal with existential questions, especially the feeling of loss, of consternation, but also of the overcoming of all obstacles that life puts in the way of each person. Human beings among other human beings, his characters are often weakened by the force of circumstance, but, nevertheless, know how to give a meaning to life. Their narrator even captures their suffering with softness and subtlety, and imparts an aura of dignity to the character. Braga’s novels include: O Anjo da Solidão, Os Amantes de Alcalá, James Joyce em Brasília, O Filósofo da Rua do Pecado, A Cordilheira (La Cordillère, in the French translation), Retratos do Mundo Flutuante, and O Mistério da Via Rápia – o homem que roubava palavras (a satirical crime novel).

Pedro Braga is also the author of essays: "The Secret Passage – a political and a philosophical interpretation of Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass" (in English), O Touro Encantado da Ilha dos Lençóis, Além da Imagem Visual – a semiologia da imagem, e A Máscara e o Riso. He made the first translation from medieval French to Portuguese of a beautiful medieval courtly love story, Aucassin and Nicolette. He has also written some children's books, such as the collection, “A Ararinha-Azul – histórias infantis sobre valores, meio ambiente e para uma cultura da paz”. Pedro Braga’s autobiography is entitled De Fantasmas e Loucura.

His blog: www.blog-pedrobraga.blogspot.com