António Lobo Antunes

António Lobo Antunes
António Lobo Antunes in March 2010
Born(1942-09-01)1 September 1942
Lisbon, Portugal
Died5 March 2026(2026-03-05) (aged 83)
Lisbon, Portugal
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
OccupationsNovelist, short-story writer, psychiatrist
Children3
RelativesJoão Lobo Antunes (brother)
Manuel Lobo Antunes (brother)
AwardsCamões Award (2007)
Military career
Allegiance Portugal
Branch Portuguese Army
Service years1970–1973
RankLieutenant / Military doctor
ConflictsPortuguese Colonial War

António Lobo Antunes GCSE (European Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈtɔni.u ˈloβu ɐ̃ˈtunɨʃ, ɐ̃ˈtɔnju -]; 1 September 1942 – 5 March 2026) was a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor. He was awarded the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid Prize, the 2005 Jerusalem Prize, the 2007 Camões Prize, and the 2008 Juan Rulfo Prize. Lobo Antunes was repeatedly nominated as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.