Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores

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SPA

A Dynamic Cultural Centre

Since its creation in May 22, 1925, the Portuguese Authors Society took on two important areas of activity: the mutualist and the cultural. The mutualist one has allowed thousands of authors to find support in old age and in sickness. As for the cultural one, it remains active, always with new proposals. Especially since the beginning of 2004, SPA turned into a dynamic cultural centre opened to the main schools of thought and creation, with its two spaces opened to the public in its two buildings in the centre of Lisbon.

Exhibitions, book releases, symposiums and poetry and music reci...

Agreements with TVs

Important presence in some TVs

From October 2009, SPA has a weekly TV broadcast in TVI, a ratings leader channel in Portugal. The programme, entitled "Autores", is hosted by an author, has a length of 50 minutes and includes, during its broadcasts, a high number of authors from different areas of creation and different ages, in order to provide a wide and representative view of the importance of SPA in Portuguese cultural life.

Meanwhile, the SPA/RTP Gala (RTP is the state TV channel) was broadcasted live from Centro Cultural de Belém, past February 8th, with a big success.This was the moment chosen to present...

LITERATURE

Adília Lopes

Agustina Bessa-Luís

Al Berto

Alexandre O'Neill

António Franco Alexandre

António Gedeão

António Lobo Antunes

António Ramos Rosa

Fernando Pessoa

Herberto Hélder

João Miguel Fernandes Jorge

José Cardoso Pires

José Carlos Ary dos Santos

José Jorge Letria

José Luís Peixoto

José Saramago

Lídia Jorge

Luísa Neto Jorge

Mário Cesariny

Manuel Alegre

Natalia Correia

Nuno Júdice

Ruy Belo

Sophia de Mello Breyner

Vasco Graça Moura

Vergílio Ferreira

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CINEMA
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António-Pedro Vasconcelos

António Reis

Bruno de Almeida

Edgar Pêra

Fernando Lopes

Graça Castanheira

João Canijo

João Botelho

João César Monteiro

João Mário Grilo

Joaquim Leitão

Jorge Queiroga

José Fonseca e Costa

José Nascimento

Lauro António

Leonel Vieira

Manoel de Oliveira

Marco Martins

Maria de Medeiros

Paulo Rocha

Pedro Costa

Teresa Villaverde

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BALLET / DANCE
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António Laginha

Clara Andermatt

Francisco Camacho

Joana Providência

Rui Lopes Graça

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PLASTIC ARTS/VISUAL ARTS/ARCHITECTURE:
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Álvaro Siza Vieira

Ângelo de Sousa

Eduardo Souto de Moura

Fernanda Fragateiro

Fernando Távora

Joana Vasconcelos

João Cutileiro

José de Guimarães

José Pedro Croft

Júlio Quaresma

Luís Pinto-Coelho

Manuel Cargaleiro

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

Mário Cabrita Gil