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The Archive of Contemporary Portuguese Culture (ACPC) is currently home to the collections of personal papers of 148 writers and other figures from the 19th and 20th centuries. Leading names include Fernando Pessoa , Eça de Queirós , Camilo Castelo Branco , Camilo Pessanha , Antero de Quental , Oliveira Martins, Jaime Cortesão, Raul Proença ...
Manuel Alegre de Melo Duarte GCL GCSE GCCa (born 12 May 1936) is a Portuguese poet and politician. He was a candidate to the presidency of the Portuguese Republic in 2006 and 2011, finishing in second place in both elections. For his literary work, he was awarded the Camões Prize in 2017. [1]
Livro do Armeiro-Mor, Arms of the King of Portugal (folio 10r) The Livro do Armeiro-Mor (Portuguese pronunciation: [li.vɾu du ɐɾˈmɐj.ɾu mɔɾ], Book of the Chief Armourer) is an illuminated manuscript dating back to 1509, during the reign of King Manuel I of Portugal. The codex is an armorial, a collection of heraldic arms, authored by ...
Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica (Portuguese pronunciation: [uʒ ˈmajɐʃ]; "The Maias: Episodes of Romantic Life") is a realist novel by Portuguese author Eça de Queiroz. Maia is the name of the fictional family the novel is about.
An early example of Portuguese literature is the tradition of a medieval Galician-Portuguese poetry, originally developed in Galicia and northern Portugal. [1] The literature of Portugal is distinguished by a wealth and variety of lyric poetry, which has characterized it from the beginning of its language, after the Roman occupation; by its ...
Matilde Isabel de Sant'Ana e Vasconcelos Moniz de Betencourt (() March 14, 1805– December 23, 1888 [1]) was a Portuguese viscountess, born in Funchal, Madeira to two distinguished Madeiran families, who held the title of Viscondessa das Nogueiras. [1]
José Maria Ferreira de Castro (24 May 1898 – 29 June 1974) was a Portuguese writer and journalist. Ferreira de Castro had a long career in journalism, and considered his fiction writing to be an extension of his documentary reporting; in that regard, he is considered to be one of the fathers of contemporary Portuguese social-realist (or neorealist) fiction, [1] a forerunner of socially ...
A 16th- or 17th-century Japanese screen print of a Portuguese Black Ship engaged in the Nanban Trade. A 17th-century Japanese painting of a Portuguese visitor in Western attire. Rodrigues was born at Sernancelhe in Viseu, Portugal, in 1561 [1] or 1562. [2] [a] He sailed to Asia in his early teens and reached Japan by 1577.