Algarve poet Nero will take part in the fourth edition of the event "Aqui vai livre", held in the Príncipe Real garden, in Lisbon, on September 19 at 4:00 PM, with free entry. The initiative is curated by poets Elisa Scarpa and Célia Aldegalega, bringing together writers from different parts of the country and promoting direct contact between authors and the public. One of the characteristic moments of the event is the free distribution of books by the authors themselves from the garden balcony, in a kind of "free flight" of the works to the audience. At this event, Nero joins other names such as Alberto Pereira, Luis Filipe Sarmento, Ozias Filho, Lauren Mendinueta and Ricardo Gil Soeiro.
Nero is the author of three published books: "Oceano — O Reino das Águas" (2021), "Telúria" (2023) and "Akbar — Lunário Poético duma Alma ainda Árabe" (2025). Besides his literary activity, he works as a reciter and teacher of Portuguese and Portuguese Literature in Silves. The release of his fourth book is scheduled for the coming months.
In the past year, the poet represented Portugal at the 1st Film and Literature Festival of Tétouan, in Morocco, and participated in the 7th Cross-Border Contemporary Art Fair of Huelva, in Spain, where he was part of the project "Poesía en la Frontera", coordinated with Andalusian poet María Luísa Domínguez Borrallo. He also participated in the 4th Cross-Border Literary Meeting of Aracena, also in Spain, through the project "Letras em la Raya".
Critic Matilde Aranha, from the official newspaper of NOVA School of Law, described Nero as an "author of slow-burning maturation" who allowed himself to "prepare his voice in an antechamber of voracious humility". Chilean journalist and poet Ricardo Olave Montecinos, from the Spanish newspaper caoCultura, characterized the author's lyrics as of "high register" and "robust", highlighting that his work demands pause and re-reading.
