Paulo da Costa (writer)

Paulo da Costa, born in Angola and raised in Portugal, is a bilingual Canadian-Portuguese author, editor and translator living in Canada.^[1]

Paulo da Costa
Born	April 1965 Luanda, Angola
Occupation	Author
Language	English and Portuguese
Nationality	Canadian and Portuguese
Period	1999 – present
Genre	fiction, non-fiction, poetry
Notable works	The Scent of a Lie, Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey, Trust the Bluer Skies : Meditations on Fatherhood
Notable awards	Commonwealth Writers Prize – Caribbean & Canada Region First Book, James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction, W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize, Canongate Short-Fiction Prize
Website
www.paulodacosta.ca

Works

Fiction

• Scent of a Lie - 2002 - Caribbean & Canada Commonwealth Writers Prize Best First Book 2003, 2002 W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize, 2001 Cannongate Prize - Scotland.
• O Perfume da Mentira - Livros Pé d'Orelha, 2012
• The Green and Purple Skin of The World - Freehand Books, 2013
• The Midwife of Torment & Other Stories, 55 sudden fictions – Guernica Editions, 2017

Non-Fiction

• Beyond Bullfights and Ice Hockey, Essays on Identity, Language and Writing Culture, Boavista Press, Paperback : 97809960511322015, 208 pages, April 2015
• Trust the Bluer Skies : Meditations on Fatherhood,, University of Regina Press, Paperback : 9780889779921, 256 pages, March 2024

Poetry

• Notas-de-rodapé - Portuguese poems – Livros Pé d'Orelha, 2005

Literary translation

• The Cartography of Being – Translated poems of Nuno Júdice 1970-2005 LPO 2012

Audio chapbooks

• Notas-de-rodapé - Portuguese poems – Livros Pé d'Orelha 2005
• Midwife of Torment & Other Stories - Livros Pé d'Orelha 2005
• Twenty Poems – English Poems - Livros Pé d'Orelha – 2006
• XX poemas - Portuguese poems - Livros Pé d'Orelha - 2006
• The Book of Catalogues – Livros Pé d'Orelha - 2010

Awards

• 2024 Outstanding Calgary Artist Award
• 2024 James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction
• 2023 James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction
• 2020 James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction
• 2003 Caribbean & Canada Region Commonwealth Writers Prize – First Book
• 2002 W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize
• 2001 Canongate Short-Fiction Prize (Scotland)
• 1999 CBC Alberta Anthology – Short Story

Portuguese

• 2023 Prémio Alberto Bastos – Poesia (Poetry Prize – Portuguese)
• 2003 ProVerbo . Prémio – Poesia (Poetry Prize – Portuguese)
• 2003 ProVerbo . Prémio – Conto (Short-Story Prize – Portuguese)