Biografia
Romeu Correia was born on the 17th of November 1917 in Cacilhas, Almada (Portugal).
Writer, novelist, playwright, journalist, Romeu Correia worked for many Portuguese publications such as Record, A Bola, Comercio do Porto, Revista Vertice, amongst others. In his youth, and before publishing any book, he was an accomplished athlete and a boxeur.
Romeu Correia had a prolific career with over forty of his works being published, mostly plays and novels. Some of his work is translated to Italian, German, Chinese and Hungarian.
Calamento (1950, novel), Casaco de Fogo (1953 play), Bonecos de Luz (1960, novel), Vagabundo das Maos de Oiro (1962, play), Bocage (1965, play), Cravo Espanhol (1970, play), or Andarilho das Sete Partidas (1983, play) are some of his better known novels and plays.
Romeu Correia won seven Literary Awards during his career.
