João Aguiar

João Casimiro Namorado de Aguiar ( born October 26, 1943 in Lisbon, † June 3, 2010 ) was a Portuguese writer.

Biography

Aguiar, who spent his childhood in his native city of Lisbon, and in Beira in Mozambique, studied post-school journalism at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. After his return to Portugal in 1976, he worked as a journalist for the public- service broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. He also worked as a journalist and editor at the daily newspaper Diário de Notícias, A Luta, Diário Popular, O País and Sábado. In 1981 he joined the staff of the Press Department of the Ministry of Health.

As a writer, he devoted himself in his works, predominantly the former Portuguese colony of Macao, which he visited in the late 1980s for the first time.

Among his most important novels published by Livros do Oriente include:

• O canto dos fantasmas, 1990
• Os Comedores de Perolas ( The beads eaters Macau ), 1992
• Inês de Portugal ( The maid of honor ), 1997
• O Dragão de Fumo ( The tobacco dragon ), 1998
• A Catedral Verde ( The Green Cathedral ), 2000
• O Tigre Sentado ( The Sitting Tiger ), 2005

Last João Aguiar 2008 O Priorado do Cifrão published a murder mystery parody of Dan Brown's worldwide success sacrilege. In addition, he was very popular as a YA author, series O Bando dos Quatro has well over 20 volumes.

In addition, excerpts of his works published in the journal Jornal Ponto Final.