Gustavo Rubim is Assistant Professor in the Portuguese Studies Department at the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. He is the author of the following essay books: Experiência da Alucinação: Camilo Pessanha e a Questão da Poesia (1993, winner of the Portuguese Pen Club Prize for Essay), Arte de Sublinhar (2003) e A Canção da Obra (2008). Also editor of Camilo Pessanha’s book of poems Clepsydra (2000). He regularly writes literary reviews for Público and he is a member of the editorial board of Românica, an academic journal published by the University of Lisbon. [Scientific outputs]