Lui s. Filipe de Castro Mendes Books

Luís Filipe Castro Mendes is a poet whose work is marked by a virtuoso command of traditional poetic forms and profound intertextuality. His poetry frequently engages with giants of Western culture, including Dickinson, Rilke, Nietzsche, Borges, and Rimbaud. This interplay of quotation and dialogue with cultural references positions his work as postmodern. In his fiction, such as Correspondência Secreta, he explores 18th-century Portuguese history and culture through an ingenious assembly of narratives.