João-Maria Nabais

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João-Maria Nabais is a Portuguese doctor and writer, noted as an expert in the history of medicine, history of sephardic medical doctors and for his poetry.

Background[edit]

Nabais graduated in medicine and surgery from the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Lisbon in 1974. He works as a Hospital Assistant in Paediatrics and takes a post as a member of the Department of Child Psychiatry in Barreiro.[1]

Research interests[edit]

The scientific interests of Nabais are: history of health sciences, history of medicine, medical literature and writers. Nabais has published more than a two hundred articles and essays.

He has made numerous presentations on the History of Medicine and Judaism, and has presented papers at national and international meetings.[2]

He has been distinguished in literary contests: António Patrício* Poetry Awards in 1996, 2002 and 2006 by the Portuguese Society of Writers and Artistic Doctors, for the books Poemas, Sons de Urbanidade and O Lugar e o Mito. He received the Merit Cultural Award of the Association of Medical Writers and Journalists of Bucharest, Romania in 2004. He was awarded the Moldarte Award in painting in 1987.[3]

Work in poetry (books)[edit]

  • 1992 – O Silêncio das Palavras
  • 1996 – Crepúsculo das Noites Breves
  • 1997 – Instantes e Vivências
  • 1997 – Poemas
  • 1998 – Novos Navegantes **
  • 2000 – Memórias de Amor e Sedução
  • 2001 – Cidade dos Rios
  • 2001 – Sons de Urbanidade **
  • 2002 – Espírito do Vento
  • 2002 – Monsaraz
  • 2002 – Palhais
  • 2002 – Criança, um Tempo de Fuga
  • 2003 – Interior à Luz[4]
  • 2005 – O Lugar e o Mito
  • 2007 – Terra de Húmus e Neblinas

-* António Patrício (1878–1930) was born in Oporto and dies in Macau. He's a well-known Portuguese medical doctor and playwright; -** with a CD.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Biography Archived 19 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ ISHM 2006 – Scientific Program
  3. ^ "Página Inicial de João-Maria Nabais". 30 March 2010. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  4. ^ Interior à Luz Archived 19 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine