Η Πορτογαλική ψυχή: A Collection of Poems (Greek Edition)
Η Πορτογαλική ψυχή is the Greek edition of Viver a Alma Lusa, a poetry collection by Martim Castro de Noronha, translated by Aristea-Effrosyni Sapera.
Castro de Noronha writes about the things that stay with people long after they happen: a face that’s hard to picture clearly anymore, a place that doesn’t look the way it used to, the strange comfort of getting used to an absence. Saudade sits at the center of the collection, though the poems never name it outright — they just describe what it feels like from the inside.
The Portuguese landscape moves through the pages as more than backdrop. The sea pulls back and returns. Storms pass. Seasons shift. Each one seems to know something about grief and patience that the speaker is still learning.
Author: Martim Castro de Noronha
Title: Viver a Alma Lusa
Title (Greek Edition): Η Πορτογαλική ψυχή: A Collection of Poems
Language: Greek
Translator: Aristea-Effrosyni Sapera
Hardback ISBN: 9798892141642
Paperback ISBN: 9798892141659
eBook ISBN: 9798892141666
Publisher: Letras Ausentes Unipessoal Lda
Publication Date: September 16, 2026
Author Website: https://martimnoronha.com/
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Description
By Martim Castro de Noronha
Martim Castro de Noronha’s “Η Πορτογαλική ψυχή (Greek Edition – Viver a Alma Lusa)” gathers poems built around absence the people, places, and moments that have slipped out of reach but never quite left. Working through themes of love, memory, and saudade, Castro de Noronha treats loss not as an ending but as something that keeps shaping the present. The Portuguese landscape, its coastlines, mountains, and shifting weather, runs through the collection as a kind of emotional counterpart to the speaker’s inner life. Aristea-Effrosyni Sapera’s Greek translation preserves both the intimacy and the cultural texture of the original, giving Greek-speaking readers full access to a voice deeply tied to Portuguese identity while still speaking to feelings that need no translation at all. The result is a compact but resonant collection, well suited to readers drawn to poetry that sits with grief, change, and the slow work of moving forward.
