Ana Luísa Amaral

Winner of the Premio Reina Sofía for Poetry, Ana Luísa Amaral (1956-2022) was born in Lisbon. She was highly acclaimed not only for her poetry, but also for her plays, children’s books, books of essays, and a novel. She was widely regarded as the finest translator into Portuguese of Emily Dickinson and William Shakespeare. Her books have been translated into many languages and her awards include the Premio Internazionale Fondazione Roma and the PEN Prize for Fiction. In 2019, New Directions published her What’s in a Name to rave reviews and forthcoming is her new work, World.

Ana Luísa Amaral

Winner of the Premio Reina Sofía for Poetry, Ana Luísa Amaral (1956-2022) was born in Lisbon. She was highly acclaimed not only for her poetry, but also for her plays, children’s books, books of essays, and a novel. She was widely regarded as the finest translator into Portuguese of Emily Dickinson and William Shakespeare. Her books have been translated into many languages and her awards include the Premio Internazionale Fondazione Roma and the PEN Prize for Fiction. In 2019, New Directions published her What’s in a Name to rave reviews and forthcoming is her new work, World.

Books by Ana Luísa Amaral

  • What's in a Name

    Ana Luísa Amaral, Margaret Jull Costa

    Paperback, 2019

    Winner of the Premio Reina Sofia for Poetry

    Poems of effervescent grace from one of the best-known and best-loved poets of Portugal


  • What's in a Name

    Ana Luísa Amaral, Margaret Jull Costa

    E Book, 2019

    Winner of the Premio Reina Sofia for Poetry

    Poems of effervescent grace from one of the best-known and best-loved poets of Portugal


  • World

    Ana Luísa Amaral, Margaret Jull Costa

    Paperback, 2023

    Poems of effervescent grace—about nature, magpies, reality, “the unreasons of this world” and spiders—from one of Portugal’s most beloved poets, published in a beautiful bilingual edition
  • World

    Ana Luísa Amaral, Margaret Jull Costa

    E Book, 2023

    Poems of effervescent grace—about nature, magpies, reality, “the unreasons of this world” and spiders—from one of Portugal’s most beloved poets, published in a beautiful bilingual edition