João-Maria Nabais

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João-Maria Nabais is a Portuguese doctor and writer, noted as an expert in the History of Medicine, History of Sephardic medical doctors and for his Poetry.

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[edit] Background

Nabais graduated in medicine and surgery from the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Lisbon in 1974. He works as a Hospital Assistant in Paediatrics and takes a post as a member of the Department of Child Psychiatry in Barreiro.[1]

[edit] Research interests

Nabais' interests include the the History of Health Sciences, History of Medicine and Medical Literature and Writers. Nabais has published more than a two hundred and fifty articles and essays. He has made numerous presentations on the History of Medicine and Judaism, and has presented papers at national and international meetings.[2]

He has been distinguished in literary contests: António Patrício* Poetry Awards in 1996, 2002 and 2006 by the Portuguese Society of Writers and Artistic Doctors, for the books Poemas, Sons de Urbanidade and O Lugar e o Mito. He received the Merit Cultural Award of the Association of Medical Writers and Journalists of Bucharest, Romania in 2004. He was awarded the Moldarte Award in painting in 1987.

[edit] Work in poetry (books)

  • 1992 - O Silêncio das Palavras
  • 1996 - Crepúsculo das Noites Breves
  • 1997 - Instantes e Vivências
  • 1997 - Poemas
  • 1998 - Novos Navegantes **
  • 2000 - Memórias de Amor e Sedução
  • 2001 - Cidade dos Rios
  • 2001 - Sons de Urbanidade **
  • 2002 - Espírito do Vento
  • 2002 - Monsaraz
  • 2002 - Palhais
  • 2002 - Criança, um Tempo de Fuga
  • 2003 - Interior à Luz[3]
  • 2005 - O Lugar e o Mito
  • 2007 - Terra de Húmus e Neblinas

-* António Patrício (1878-1930) was born in Oporto and dies in Macau. He's a well-known Portuguese medical doctor and playwright; -** with a CD.

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