Publications

Description and Compilation of the Indexes of Macao's Literary Magazines

Collection:The House of Macao Literature - Documentation series (V)

(This book was published in Chinese) The compilation of the city's literary magazines, which is crucial for the preservation of Macao's cultural memory, is an urgent task towards organizing its history of literature and fighting neglection.It is also a fundamental part of the historical enrichment of “Studies on Macao” and for improving the subject's framework. This description and compilation of magazine's indexes covers a dozen of the main literary magazines published in Macao over the last hundred years, presenting the workings of each publication with entries and annotations, listing in detail the indexes of said magazines. It is a high-quality reference for readers involved in studying Macao's literature and for understanding the literary history background of Macao.

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Selected Macao Literary Review Published in Taiwan and Hong Kong

Collection:The House of Macao Literature: Studies and Reviews The House of Macao Literature - Studies and Reviews Series (III)

(This book was published in Chinese) This book contains several materials for the study of Macao's literature published in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and selected over thirty articles representing Macao's literature, with contents ranging from literary phenomena, textual analysis, stylistics interpretation and trends of thought. This book clearly outlines and vividly shows both the flow and trajectory of literary dissemination from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. This work offers innovative perspectives and considerations about the appreciation of Macao's literary image and the dialogue witnessed in Chinese literature.

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Selected Poems by Li Dan

Collection:The House of Macao Literature: Works of Literature The House of Macao Literature - Literary Works Series (III)

(This book was published in Chinese) Li Dan (1933-2009) was a poet born in Macao, whose poems, in his early stage, were filled with patriotic passion and romantic imagination, while his later works have a calmer, more introspective character, with refined images and philosophical thoughts. This book is the first to gather Li Dan's poems. It includes 76 selected pieces and broadly presents his creation trajectory and the poet's stylistic changes. It helps on indirectly reflecting the evolution of Macao's poetry, from its content to its aesthetics, throughout the second half of the 20th century. It also includes interviews, forewords by friends and family, photographs, as well as essays about the appreciation of poetry, granting a multilayered introduction to the life and poetry of Li Dan, whose name is well-known but whose life is unknown in Macao's literary history. It is a contribution towards expanding the study of literature and poetry in Macao.

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Passionate Appeals: Selected Poems and Essays by F. Hua-Lin

Collection:The House of Macao Literature: Works of Literature The House of Macao Literature - Literary Works Series (II)

(This book was published in Chinese) The poet F. Hua-Lin (1915-1992), whose name was Fung Kam Chiu, was born in Macao and became famous for his poetry during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. It is a milestone in Macao's literary history. Several modern poems by F. Hua-Lin were picked for this work, as well as poem translations and modern poetry essays. The selected writings are not limited to already published ones, the book also includes his drafts, an important material for the study of Macao's literature.

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Brief Monography of Macao - A Study on Documented Poems and Essays

Collection:The House of Macao Literature: Studies and Reviews The House of Macao Literature - Studies and Reviews Series (II)

(This book was published in Chinese) Brief Monography of Macao - A Study on Documented Poems and Essays focuses its studies on poems and essays. At the same time, it presents a more accurate understanding of this literary creation in specific historical conditions. This book will help readers to deepen their knowledge of Macao's history and literature, it will also be useful for exploring the origins of Macao's literature.

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Compilation of the Works by the Literary Society Xueshe

Collection:The House of Macao Literature: Historical Information The House of Macao Literature - Documentation series (IV)

(This book was published in Chinese) “Xueshe” was a well-established literary society in Macao during the early 20th century. This book is a reprint of the main works published by the Literary Society Xueshe, including the Shisheng (Xue Tang Monthly Magazine), Poems of the Literary Society Xueshe, Snows, Poems from the Liuchu and Green Leaves, among others. With literary and historical value, it is an important reference for the study of Macao's literature and society during the 20th century.

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Mark of the Times - Selected Works about the Women and Education in Macao in the 1950s and 1960s

Collection:The House of Macao Literature: Works of Literature The House of Macao Literature - Literary Works Series (I)

(This book was published in Chinese) During the 1950s and 1960s, when Macao's economy was being rebuilt after the war, most of the Chinese population lived in harsh conditions and without schooling. This work gathers literary articles published in the magazines Woman of Macao and Education of Macao, reflecting on the mindset and conditions of women and education during that period. These texts, covering areas such as the status of women, the relationship between husband and wife, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the education of children, the framework for several professions, general health knowledge, ideology and politics, education thought and methodology, among others, display a strong representation of that period and lifestyle. They are the memories of a city and a generation that has academic significance for the study of Macao.

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Red Bean in the Desert - A Compilation of all Editions of the Red Bean Magazine The House of Macao Literature - Literary Works Series (I)

Collection:The House of Macao Literature: Historical Information The House of Macao Literature - Documentation series (I)

(This book was published in Chinese) It is a reissue and compilation of all the Red Bean magazines, an important literature and arts publication, manually printed in Macao during the 1960s. The book includes interviews to surviving members who participated in editing the Red Bean. The article, titled “The Memory of Red Bean”, is related to the interviews and has interest for a historically themed approach. It is the first book in the Documentation series of the book Series: The House of Macao Literature.

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A Bibliography of Macao Literature (1600-2014)

Collection:The House of Macao Literature: Historical Information The House of Macao Literature - Documentation series (II)

(This book was published in Chinese) Throughout years of compiling and investigation, the author selected over 6,000 bibliographies about literature in Macao. By analyzing the characteristics and tendencies of literary works related to Macao, in terms of content, language and editorial institutions, the author presents a picture of the current development of Macao's literature in the Chinese, Portuguese and English worlds, and contributes a valuable reference for the history of literary development in Macao.

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Contributions towards the Study of Macao Literature -Thirty Portuguese Language Authors

Collection:The House of Macao Literature: Studies and Reviews The House of Macao Literature - Studies and Reviews Series (I)

(This book was published in Portuguese) Integrated in The House of Macao Literature Series, this work, the first one in the Studies and Reviews Series, aims to promote the path and works of Macao's authors, as well as others who recorded their thoughts, narratives, fictions or concerns in Portuguese.

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The Trumpet of the Times - Life of Poet F. Hua-Lin

Collection:The House of Macao Literature: Historical Information The House of Macao Literature - Documentation series (III)

(This book was published in Chinese) The poet F. Hua-Lin (1915-1992), whose birthname was Fung Kam Chiu, was born in Macao. He got recognition in the world of modern Chinese poems during the 1930s and 1940s. He was known as “The Trumpet of the Times” during the “isolated island period”, in Shanghai. For over ten years, the poet moved between Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Chongqing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macao, and published a large number of modern poems and translations, including Mei Gui (Rose), Xiang Ri Kui (Sunflower), Man Tian Xing (Baby's breath), Qian Niu Hua (Morning Glory), Huo Hua Ji (Sparkling Flame), and Hua Ling Si Wen Ji (Poems and Writings Collection of F. Hua-Lin). Through research into the manuscripts, poetry, photographs and letters, the author offers a comprehensive introduction to the personality, poetry and life of the poet F. Hua-Lin.

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An Introduction to Macao Modernist Poetry

Collection:澳門文學館叢書.研究評論系列 (四)

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