Júlio Dantas

Júlio Dantas studied at Colégio Militar. The recorded working language is Portuguese. Positions recorded include Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the Corporative Chamber. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ, Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword and Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword.

• Name — Júlio Dantas • Born — 19 May 1876 • Birthplace — Lagos, Portugal • Died — 25 May 1962 • Place of death — Lisbon, Portugal • Occupation — Doctor, poet, journalist, politician, diplomat and playwright • Genre — Poetry • Movement — Romanticism, Academism • Notable Works — A Ceia dos Cardeais

In 1902, Dantas published the one-act verse play A Ceia dos Cardeais (The Dinner of the Cardinals). In 1907, his one-act play Rosas de Todo o Ano (Roses all the Year) had its premiere in Lisbon. It was later translated into English by A. F. d'Almeida Carvalho and Mrs. Edward Lewis, and its 1912 Royal Court Theatre debut was the first time a play translated from Portuguese had been performed in London. In 1931, one of his plays was adapted for the screen as A Severa: it was one of the earliest sound films in Portuguese cinema. In 1947, he published the play Frei António das Chagas about a Portuguese soldier's conversion to becoming a mystic. Dantas was a friend of the politician Vitorino Guimarães, having dedicated the poem "A minha boneca" ("My Doll") to his daughter Elina Guimarães during her childhood.

Following the Bloody Night in October 1921 and Francisco Cunha Leal's appointment as prime minister, Dantas began serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 16 December 1921. With the collapse of António Maria da Silva's cabinet on 30 October 1923, António Ginestal Machado was made prime minister and Dantas was again appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on 15 November that year. He also served as Minister of Education. During this period, the First Portuguese Republic, he served as president of the Nationalist Republican Party. He later served as a delegate to the League of Nations.

In 1936, Dantas was a founding member of the Portuguese Academy of History, which was created by the Estado Novo dictatorship as a way to instill a collective cultural history and memory in the country. In 1954, he headed a government commission to celebrate the centenary of Almeida Garrett's death. Dantas served as president of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.

Dantas died on 25 May 1962 at the age of 86.

• A Ceia dos Cardeais (The Dinner of the Cardinals; 1902) • Rosas de Todo o Ano (Roses all the Year; premiered in 1907) • Frei António das Chagas (1947)

Recorded positions include Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the Corporative Chamber. He belonged to Royal Galician Academy and Academia Portuguesa da História.

Júlio Dantas is recorded as journalist, writer, poet, physician and politician.