Torcato Sepúlveda (February 27, 1951 – May 21, 2008) was a Portuguese newspaper journalist. ^{[1] [2]} His full name was Torcato de Sepúlveda Duarte Macedo. ^[2] He was known for his book reviews and cultural journalism for several Portuguese newspapers. ^[2] Sepúlveda was the first cultural editor of the Público, a well-regarded national daily newspaper. ^{[1] [2]}

Sepúlveda was born in 1951 in Braga, Portugal, to parents who were elementary school teachers. ^[2] He received his degree in Romance philology from the University of Coimbra, where he participated in the students demonstrations against António de Oliveira Salazar. ^{[1] [2]} For his part in the demonstrations, Sepúlveda lived in exile in Brussels, Belgium, from 1971 until 1974. ^[2] He did not return to Portugal until April 25, 1974, ^[1] which coincided with the start of the Carnation Revolution.

Once he returned to Portugal, Sepúlveda began working at the copy desk of the Expresso, weekly publication. ^[2] He began writing weekly book reviews for the Expresso, which he signed using a shortened version of his name, John Macedo. ^[2] Sepúlveda also wrote under the pseudonyms of Buíça, Silva of Viseu and D. Luis da Cunha during his career. ^[2]

Sepúlveda left the Expresso for the Público, a daily national newspaper published in Lisbon. ^[2] He became the first editor of Público's society and cultural section of the newspaper. ^{[1] [2]} He also later worked for the now defunct newspapers, A Capital and O Independente. ^[2]

Sepúlveda later worked as a journalist for NS, the Saturday magazine supplement for the Diário de Notícias until his death in 2008. ^{[1] [2]}

Torcato Sepúlveda died on May 21, 2008, at the age of 57 at the Hospital de Almada in Almada, Portugal, of an undisclosed illness. ^[1] He had been hospitalized at the Hospital Garcia de Orta for the previous two days. ^[1]

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