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Hélder Gomes Cancela, Arrancada do Vouga (Valongo do Vouga), 1967, is a Portuguese writer and essayist. He won the Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela APE/IPLB with the work As Pessoas do Drama, in 2018. He was a finalist for the Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela APE/IPLB with the novels Impunidade (2014) and A Noite das Barricadas (2020).

Biography
Hélder Gomes Cancela was born in 1967. He studied philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, University of Coimbra, where he got his PhD, in contemporary philosophy with the thesis Axiological Relativism and Contemporary Art. Since 2000, he is a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, where he is responsible for the Department of Art and Design Sciences. He is also a researcher at i2ADS - Instituto de Investigação em Arte Design e Sociedade.