NEWARK ARTIST DIRECTORY
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Midday Epiphanies & Heartbroken Prophecies, book of poems.

Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Hugo has resided in Newark since 1990. He attended East Side High School in Newark and at Rutgers-University, also in Newark, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Hugo has published fiction as well as articles here as well as in Portugal. He has also been recognized for his poetic work in English as well as in Portuguese, winning first place at a Rutgers-Newark poetry competition as well as third place in poetry for the ProVerbo contest, open to all of North America. Hugo has self-published two collections of poetry, Midday Epiphanies and Heartbroken Prophecies and The Deepest Depths of Shallow Ponds, available at local bookstores, through Amazon.com, or directly from the author via his website (www.hugodossantos.com). Hugo has performed poetry readings at Yale University, UMass at Amherst, Rutgers University, at the Newark Library in support of Poetry Month in the city of Newark, and in numerous bookstores and coffee shops in the area.
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