ABSTRACT
Miguel Real (Luís Martins’ literary pseudonym) was born in Lisbon in 1953. Graduated in Philosophy by Universidade de Lisboa, and later Master of Portuguese Studies by Universidade Aberta, where he presented a dissertation on Eduardo Lourenço. This dissertation was afterwards divided in two bio-bibliographic books (Real 2003b; Real 2007)2. His first novel, O Outro e o Mesmo, earned him the Prize Revelation in Fiction, awarded by APE/IPLB. From then onward he is known as writer of fiction and essays, and as philosophy teacher.
