Valter hugo mãe

Valter hugo mãe is the artistic name of the Portuguese writer Valter Hugo Lemos (born September 25, 1971). He is also an editor, singer and plastic artist. Valter hugo mãe received the José Saramago Prize in Literature in 2007 for his novel o remorso de baltazar serapião.

Biography
Valter hugo mãe (which he intentionally writes in smalls caps, like his own work), was born in Henrique de Carvalho, in colonial Angola. He spent his childhood in Paços de Ferreira, and in 1980 he moved to Vila do Conde. He graduated in Law, and did post-graduate work in Modern and Contemporary Portuguese literature.

Valter hugo mãe achieved public recognition in 2007 by winning the José Saramago Prize. During the prize ceremony José Saramago called the novel o remorso de baltazar serapião a true literary tsunami.

Besides writing, he has dedicated effort to drawing, with a first public exhibition in 2007 in Porto, and also to music, being the singer in the band O Governo.

Music

 * Disco de Cabeceira, Paulo Praça, Som Livre, Oeiras, 2007 (letrista);
 * A Geração da Matilha, Mundo Cão, Cobra, Braga, 2009 (letrista);
 * Propaganda Sentimental, Governo, Optimus, Lisboa, 2009 (letrista e cantor).

Prizes

 * Almeida Garrett Prize, 1999;
 * José Saramago Prize, Fundação Círculo de Leitores, Lisboa, 2007.
 * Grande Prémio Portugal Telecom de Literatura Melhor Livro do Ano, São Paulo, 2012.
 * Grande Prémio Portugal Telecom de Literatura Melhor Romance do Ano, São Paulo, 2012.