Biography
Filipe de Fiúza, portuguese poet with studies in civil
engineering and renewable energy, was born in Sintra - São Pedro de Penaferrim,
July 14th, 1983. His religion is poetry because God is the Imagination.
Poet.
He began his literary activity with fifteen years old
writing love poems.
In the summer of 2003 he was a volunteer for the Brothers
of St John of God collaborating in different everyday tasks in Mental Health
House of Telhal (Sintra) where he met and became friend of the poet António
Gancho (1940-2006).
He is a member of W.P.S. - World Poets Society and APE - The Portuguese Association of Writers, represent Portugal in UniVerse - UnitedNations of Poetry and integrate the Movement Poets of the World. Since 2009 he
has been working in several cultural projects at Caminho Sentido Associação
Cultural like, for instance, the Poetry and Coffee Show. He is publishing since
2011 the heading "Das Origens Catacósmicas" for e-magazine SeleneCulturas de Sintra.
In partnership with the Atelier Criart, he organized and presented in 2012 a serie of poetic meetings
with local poets called Poetas Aqui Connosco.
Until today he has published fifteen books: eleven with
poetry, two with aphorisms and two poetic essays, one of these together with Paulo Brito e Abreu. His books were publicly presented
at Lisbon Book Fair, Sintra Television and many other public places, such
munipal libraries and cultural fairs
In the near future, Filipe de Fiúza is expecting to
publish several more poetry books. Essays and translations are also on his
literary plans.
Now he is working on national and european projects of
promotion and dissemination of poet's life and works.
Engineer.
Filipe de Fiúza is a member of Ordem dos Engenheiros since
2011, the portuguese national public institution of professional engineers. He
has worked in renewable energy systems in buildings, smart buildings and solar
passive house projects.
As well, he has worked some time with hydrogen fuel cells
systems and it's integration with buildings and renewable energy production.
Nanotechnology is part of his working experience as an engineer.
Like Julio Verne, he believes water will one day be
employed as fuel.
Activist.
Filipe de Fiúza was volunteer in the area of Mental
Health for Mental Health House of Telhal (2003); in the area of Social
Exclusion (Lisbon) for Associação Futuro Autónomo (2004-2005); in the area of
Human Rights for Amnesty International - Group 19 (Sintra) (2010/2011).
Activist and mentor of the Civil Project Sintra em Ruínas
where during the year 2012 he had recorded, organized, mapped and reported 129
cases of buildings in unoccupied state, semi-ruin or ruin in Sintra county,
mainly arround historical center.
