Guerra Junqueiro
Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡɛʁɐ ʒũˈkɐjɾu], 17 September 1850 – 7 July 1923) was a Portuguese top civil servant, member of the Portuguese House of Representatives, journalist, author, and poet. His work helped inspire the creation of the Portuguese First Republic. Junqueiro wrote highly satiric poems criticizing conservatism, romanticism, and the Church leading up to the Portuguese Revolution of 1910.
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Guerra Junqueiro

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- Born
- 1850. · Freixo de Espada à Cinta.
- Died
- 1923. · Lisbon.
- Nationality
- Portugal and Kingdom of Portugal.
- Occupation
- poet, journalist, writer, politician, lawyer, diplomat and local government officer.
- Education
- University of Coimbra.
- Honours
- Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword.
- Languages
- Portuguese.
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Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡɛʁɐ ʒũˈkɐjɾu], 17 September 1850 – 7 July 1923) was a Portuguese top civil servant, member of the Portuguese House of Representatives, journalist, author, and poet. His work helped inspire the creation of the Portuguese First Republic. Junqueiro wrote highly satiric poems criticizing conservatism, romanticism, and the Church leading up to the Portuguese Revolution of 1910.
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Life
Life
He was one of Europe's greatest poets. Junqueiro studied law at the University of Coimbra.
Born in Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal to José António Junqueiro Júnior, a supply trader and farmer, and wife Ana Maria Guerra. His mother died when he was only three years old. He made secondary studies in Bragança and at sixteen, he enrolled at the University of Coimbra, to study theology. Two years later he left to study law, that he concluded in 1873. Then he became secretary of the governor of Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, and later of Viana do castelo. In 1878, he was elected to the House of Representatives. In 1885 he published at Porto A velhice do Padre Eterno, that generated strong criticism from Portuguese Catholic Church. After the British Ultimatum and the political crisis associated, he was involved in the political debate in 1891, writing some best-sellers that had huge impact in public opinion, contributing to the discredit of the Portuguese monarchy and the success of the Portuguese Republican Party in the 1910 Portuguese Revolution. He translated into Portuguese short stories by Hans Christian Andersen. He married Filomena Augusta da Silva Neves on 10 February 1880, the couple had two children; Maria Isabel Guerra Junqueiro on 11 November 1880, second wife without issue of Luís Augusto de Sales Pinto da Mesquita de Carvalho (1868–1931) and Júlia Guerra Junqueiro in 1881, unmarried and without issue. He died in Lisbon at the age of 72. In 1940 Junqueiro's daughter donated his estate in Porto that became the Guerra Junqueiro Museum.
Works
Works
Viagem À Roda Da Parvónia A Morte De D. João (1874) Contos para a infância (1875) A Musa Em Férias (1879) A velhice do Padre Eterno (1885) Finis Patriae (1890) Os Simples (1892) Oração Ao Pão (1903) Oração À Luz (1904) Gritos da Alma (1912) Pátria (1915) Poesias Dispersas (1920) Duas páginas dos quatorze anos O Melro

Praça de Londres Garden, Lisbon, Portugal. Statue of Guerra Junqueiro (writer and poet), São João de Deus Church, Ministry of Labor building.
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1850
Guerra Junqueiro was born in 1850 at Freixo de Espada à Cinta.
1923
Guerra Junqueiro died in 1923 at Lisbon.
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Freixo de Espada à Cinta.
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Lisbon.
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scholarly publication
- Guerra Junqueiro sonhando o Brasil, Portugal d'agora, 2020
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2020
- Guerra Junqueiro, Portugal d'agora, 2020
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2020
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 16306433-7, Casa-Museu de Guerra Junqueiro.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500308144, Casa-Museu de Guerra Junqueiro.
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- “Guerra Junqueiro”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q336918: Guerra Junqueiro
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Guerra Junqueiro sonhando o Brasil, Portugal d'agora, 2020Crossref registry
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Guerra Junqueiro, Portugal d'agora, 2020Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 16306433-7, Casa-Museu de Guerra Junqueiro.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500308144, Casa-Museu de Guerra Junqueiro.The Getty Research Institute
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