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Helena-Amante-Logo-freelance-travel-writer-and-photograher
I've written for outlets like CNN and National Geographic you can read selected articles here.

My short story collection
Absolutamente Felizes ao Sol won a literary award for its "sharp insight and sunlit clarity, with a fluid and poetic language through which the hardships of everyday life and feminine worlds are conveyed with quiet yet resonant force". It was published in 2025 by Editora Nós Portugal. A Brazilian edition is forthcoming from Editora Nós Brasil

My literary non-fiction book Pequenas Resistências: Ideias sobre jornalismo, utopias e amor público was published in 2024 by Gradiva. The investigation leading to the book was supported by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.

I’m currently working on a novel. I’m also pursuing a PhD in Sociology.


 

Influences and trivia

I get shivers from the way Joan Didion strips writing down to the bone, I like the near-silent humour of Jacques Tati and I like the ideas of Thomas Piketty and Mariana Mazucatto. I grew up listening to songs of the carnation revolution before I could make sense of them, and the voice of David Attenborough takes me back to Sunday mornings watching BBC Wildlife.

I like big ideas living in small structures, and I like people who experiment and believe that this thing called the common good exists and sometimes cause sightings.

I have a habit of dancing until my feet hurt, I’m interested in everything culture, and I stubbornly want to understand what it means to live in a globalised world.

I like sunny days and dark chocolate.
I’m that original.

Contact

You're welcome to drop me a line at helenamantelx@gmail.com
helenamantelx@gmail.com
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Writer and journalist based in Lisbon.
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