João Pedro George

JOÃO PEDRO GEORGE nasceu em Moçambique, a 13 de Fevereiro de 1972. Licenciado em Sociologia, Mestre em Sociologia Económica e Histórica e Doutor em Sociologia da Cultura, com a tese Luíz Pacheco: maldição e consagração no meio literário português, pela Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, onde leccionou entre 1998 e 2008, como professor assistente convidado.
É autor de obras como O Meio Literário Português (1960-1999), Não é Fácil Dizer Bem, Puta que os Pariu! A Biografia de Luiz Pacheco ou O Que é um Escritor Maldito? Estudo de Sociologia da Literatura.
Em paralelo, depois de ter colaborado na imprensa (O Independente e Periférica), na secção de crítica literária, divide a sua actividade como tradutor, ed

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