Rui Couceiro was born in Porto in 1984. He worked in the publishing industry for two decades, first at Porto Editora and later as an editor at Bertrand, where he created and led the Contraponto imprint for ten years.<\/p>\n
He is currently the curator of BABELL, promoted by the Livraria Lello Foundation, with the support of Porto City Council. The event has brought to Portugal authors such as Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, Olga Tokarczuk, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai, Julian Barnes, Byung-Chul Han, H\u00e9ctor Abad Faciolince and Javier Cercas, who spoke before audiences of thousands. BABELL has received high praise from the international press: \u201cEl nuevo festival BABELL convierte Oporto en la capital mundial de la literatura\u201d, El Mundo; \u201cOporto se convierte en la capital europea de la literatura\u201d, ABC; \u201cPorto: Europe\u2019s new book capital?\u201d, France 24.<\/p>\n
He is a member of the Cultural Council of the E\u00e7a de Queiroz Foundation and contributes to Vis\u00e3o magazine.<\/p>\n
As an author, he published Bai\u00f4a sem Data para Morrer, which received the Manuel de Boaventura Literary Prize and was shortlisted for the Portuguese PEN Club Prize; Morro da Pena Ventosa, which was similarly acclaimed by readers and critics; and, in 2026, A Mais Bela Maldi\u00e7\u00e3o, a collection of true stories about people passionate about books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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