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João de Lemos
BornJoão de Lemos Seixas Castelo Branco
1819
Peso da Régua, Portugal
Died1890
OccupationJournalist, Poet and Dramatist
NationalityPortuguese

João de Lemos Seixas Castelo Branco (1819 – 1890) was a Portuguese journalist, poet and dramatist.

Lemos was born in Peso da Régua. He was known as "the troubadour" (in Portuguese: Trovador) in Coimbra, where he graduated in Law, thanks the publication of the poetic newspaper O Trovador (repository of poetic productions of a group of young students). Besides João, director of that publication, were part of The Troubadour: Luís da Costa Pereira, António Xavier Rodrigues Cordeiro, José Freire de Serpa, Augusto Lima and Couto Monteiro.[1]

João collaborated with other periodicals, as exemplified by the comedy newspaper The Comedy Portuguese (in Portuguese: a Comédia Portuguesa), where he started publishing in 1888.

Poetic works

  • The funeral and the dove: Poem in 5 corners (Portuguese: O funeral e a pomba: poema em 5 cantos)
  • Songbook (1858-1867) (Portuguese: Cancioneiro)
    • I - Flowers and Lovers (Portuguese: Flores e Amores)
    • II - Faith and Fatherland (Portuguese: Religião e Pátria)
    • III - Impressions and Recollections (Portuguese: Impressões e Recordações)
  • Elisa's book: Fragments (1869) (Portuguese: O livro de Elisa: fragmentos)
  • Songs Afternoon (1875) (Portuguese: Canções da tarde)
  • Evenings Village (1876) (Portuguese: Serões de Aldeia)
  • Uncle Damian: lyric (1886) (Portuguese: O tio Damião: poema lírico)
  • Monk Painter (1889) (Portuguese: O Monge Pintor)

Theater

  • Maria Pais Ribeira: drama in four acts (Portuguese: Maria Pais Ribeira: drama em quatro actos)
  • A happy shock: comedy (Portuguese: Um susto feliz: comédia)

Compilation of newspaper articles

  • The Friars (Portuguese: Os Frades)
  • He and She (Portuguese: Ele e Ela)
  • The Inquisition of 1850 (Portuguese: A Inquisição de 1850)

References

  1. ^ Remédios, Joaquim Mendes dos. History of Portuguese literature from its origins to the present. Lisboa: Lumen, 1921
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