Portuguese novelist António Lobo Antunes has died at the age of 83 in Lisbon after a career that redefined contemporary prose through works exploring memory and war.Publisher Leya confirmed the passing of the psychiatrist and former military doctor whose experiences in the Angola Colonial War shaped acclaimed novels such as The Land at the End of the World.Beyond winning the Camões Prize and Jerusalem Prize, the frequent Nobel contender influenced a generation of Brazilian writers with his fragmented and introspective narrative style.His legacy includes over thirty books slated for the prestigious
Pléiade library and the 2008 title of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.