António Fernando de Vasconcelos Nogueira (born 26 September 1961) is a Portuguese philosopher, Social Science researcher, author, dramatist, and freelance journalist.

He spent his childhood and part of his adolescence in Luanda, Angola, a former Portuguese colony in Africa, where he attended Catholic primary schools.

Other interests include Travelling, History of Art, Drawing and Painting, Creative Writing, Shiatsu as a therapy and Christian Meditation.

Writing In 2007 he was awarded The Portuguese National Prize for Theatre ‘Bernardo Santareno’ for The Lamentations of Glückel of Hameln, published in 2008.

This drama deals with the vulnerability of human beings, questioning the meaning of life and death, according to one’s faith, beliefs and attitudes.

It was inspired by Glückel of Hameln’s Memoirs (1689–1699; 1715–1719), and in certain books of the Bible such as Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom, Sirach and Lamentations.

Other sources are: (1) the dramatic works of Gil Vicente, considered the main reference for Portuguese and Spanish drama; Luis Vaz de Camoens’ lyrical poetry in Portuguese and Spanish; Joseph de la Vega; William Shakespeare; Samuel Beckett and Bernardo Santareno.

In 2001 António de Vasconcelos was awarded The Portuguese Literary Prize ‘José Régio’ for the drama The Master of Königsberg.

This first drama was published in 2004, on the occasion of the bi-centennial of Immanuel Kant’s death and it portrays aspects of his life, thoughts and sayings, questioning morals and stereotyping.

(2007) “Isaac de Pinto (1717-1787) and the Jewish Problems: Apologetic Letters to Voltaire and Diderot” in History of European Ideas, Elsevier Inc., Ma., 33, Winter: 476-487, with José Luís Cardoso, ISEG-Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal (2005) “Isaac de Pinto (1717-1787): An Enlightened Economist and Financier” in History of Political Economic, Journal of the Duke University, North Carolina, 37 (2), Winter: 263-292, with José Luís Cardoso, ISEG-Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal (2004) “Werner Sombart (1863-1941): apontamento biobibliográfico” in Análise Social, vol.

Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews in the Age of Mercantilism, 1500–1800, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, in e-JPH, vol.

7, number I, Summer Brown University, RI, Providence (2005) Ferreira Fernandes, Madeirenses Errantes, Lisboa: Oficina do Livro, 2004, in Análise Social, vol.