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João Ricardo Lopes (born June 21, 1977, in Azurém, Guimarães) is a contemporary Portuguese poet and writer. He studied Modern Languages and Literatures at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto, and later completed a postgraduate degree in Literary Theory at the University of Minho.
He teaches Portuguese and Portuguese Literature at secondary school level. He has also taught Children’s and Young Adult Literature at the School of Education of Porto and at the Institute of Higher Studies in Fafe, and has contributed regularly to literary magazines and anthologies.
His debut, A Pedra Que Chora Como Palavras (The Stone Weeping Wordlike, 2001), won the Ary dos Santos Poetry Revelation Prize, awarded by the Portuguese Writers’ Association and the Municipality of Grândola. That same year, he received the National Poetry Prize of Vila de Fânzeres for Além do Dia Hoje (Beyond the Day That Is). In 2009, he was awarded the Maria Irene Lisboa Short Story Prize, and in 2022 he won the National Poetry Prize of Vila de Fânzeres for a second time, with Em Nome da Luz (In the Name of Light).
His work spans poetry — with seven collections published to date —, short fiction, and prose pieces. In 2011, in collaboration with Bernarda Esteves, he published Reflexões à Boca de Cena / Onstage Reflections, a bilingual collection at the crossroads of poetry and theatre.
His work has been translated into sixteen languages: English, Irish, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Croatian, Greek and Armenian.
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Official website: http://www.joaoricardolopes.com
