Jerónimo Pizarro

Jerónimo Pizarro

Teacher, translator, critic and editor, Jerónimo Pizarro is responsible for most of the new editions and new series of texts by Fernando Pessoa published in Portugal since 2006. Professor at the University of the Andes, holder of the Chair of Portuguese Studies the Camões Institute in Colombia and Eduardo Lourenço Prize (2013), Pizarro reopened pessoanos trunks and rediscovered "the private library of Fernando Pessoa" to resort to the title of one of the books in his bibliography. It was the Commissioner's visit Portugal to the International Book Fair of Bogota (FILBO) and several years coordinating the visit of Portuguese-speaking writers to Colombia. Co-editor of the magazine "Pessoa Plural" regular organizer of conferences and exhibitions, currently directs Pessoa Ink-da-china collection.