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Banned and restricted books in Portugal
23 titles have been banned or restricted in Portugal, recorded across 23 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
23
Ban events
23
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
7
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| Das Kapital | Karl Marx | 1867 | 1 |
| The Gospel According to Jesus Christ | José Saramago | 1991 | 1 |
| The Crime of Father Amaro | José Maria de Eça de Queirós | 1875 | 1 |
| Gaibéus | Alves Redol | 1939 | 1 |
| Livro Sexto | Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen | 1962 | 1 |
| O Delfim | José Cardoso Pires | 1968 | 1 |
| Até amanhã, camaradas | Manuel Tiago | 1974 | 1 |
| Quando os Lobos Uivam | Aquilino Ribeiro | 1958 | 1 |
| New Portuguese Letters (Novas Cartas Portuguesas) | Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, Maria Velho da Costa | 1975 | 1 |
| História do Mundo para as Crianças | Monteiro Lobato | 1933 | 1 |
| The Divine Comedy | Dante Alighieri | 1320 | 1 |
| Luuanda | José Luandino Vieira | 1963 | 1 |
| Engrenagem | Soeiro Pereira Gomes | 1951 | 1 |
| Seara de Vento | Manuel da Fonseca | 1958 | 1 |
| Cerromaior | Manuel da Fonseca | 1943 | 1 |
| O Judeu | Bernardo Santareno | 1966 | 1 |
| O Arcanjo Negro | Aquilino Ribeiro | 1947 | 1 |
| Bel-Ami | Guy de Maupassant | 1885 | 1 |
| La Condition Humaine | André Malraux | 1933 | 1 |
| Les Mains Sales | Jean-Paul Sartre | 1948 | 1 |
| Lady Chatterley's Lover | D.H. Lawrence | 1928 | 1 |
| Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | 1955 | 1 |
| Madame Bovary | Gustave Flaubert | 1857 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 15
- Immorality
- 4
- Religious / blasphemy
- 3
- Obscenity
- 3
By decade
1580s1
1930s3
1940s6
1950s4
1960s6
1970s1
1990s1
Documented bans
All 23 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ1992
New Portuguese Letters (Novas Cartas Portuguesas)1972
O Delfim1968
O Judeu1966
Luuanda1965
Até amanhã, camaradas1963
Livro Sexto1962
Lolita1960
Quando os Lobos Uivam1958
Seara de Vento1958
Engrenagem1951
Les Mains Sales1950
Cerromaior1943
Bel-Ami1940
La Condition Humaine1940
Lady Chatterley's Lover1940
Madame Bovary1940
Das Kapital1933
The Crime of Father Amaro1933
História do Mundo para as Crianças1933
Gaibéus—
O Arcanjo Negro1947
The Divine Comedy1581
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