Orlando has been in Portugal since 1990, first in Coimbra, then in Braga, where he has since been teaching and conducting research at the University of Minho, primarily in the fields of (comparative) literature, cultural studies and translation studies. He studied at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (1981–86). Numerous publications, particularly on Eça de Queirós, José Saramago and German–Portuguese relations. Literary translations from Spanish (including Enrique Vila-Matas) and Portuguese (including Mário de Sá-Carneiro).
He is the translator of…
Fünf Dichter aus Coimbra vereint verschiedene dichterische Stimmen aus unterschiedlichen Jahrhunderten – beginnend im spätmittelalterlichen Portugal mit Dom Dinis und endend mit Fernando Assis Pacheco in der zweiten Hälfte des 20.
