Valter hugo mãe received the José Saramago Prize in Literature in 2007 for his novel o remorso de baltazar serapião.

Valter hugo mãe (which he intentionally writes in smalls caps, like his own work),[1] was born in Henrique de Carvalho, in colonial Angola.

Valter hugo mãe achieved public recognition in 2007 by winning the José Saramago Prize.

During the prize ceremony José Saramago called the novel o remorso de baltazar serapião a true literary tsunami.

Besides writing, he has dedicated effort to drawing, with a first public exhibition in 2007 in Porto, and also to music, being the singer in the band O Governo.