Raul Brandão
Raul Germano Brandão (12 March 1867 in Foz do Douro, Porto – 5 December 1930 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese writer, journalist and military officer, notable for the realism of his literary descriptions and for the lyricism of his language. Brandão was born in Foz do Douro, a parish of Porto, where he spent the majority of his youth.
Raul Brandão
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- Name
- Raul Germano Brandão
- Born
- 12 March 1867
- Birthplace
- Porto, Portugal
- Died
- 5 December 1930
- Place of death
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Occupation
- Writer, journalist and military officer
- Nationality
- Portugal · Kingdom of Portugal
- Movements
- Expressionism · lyric poetry · Symbolism
- Education
- University of Porto
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Raul Germano Brandão (12 March 1867 in Foz do Douro, Porto – 5 December 1930 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese writer, journalist and military officer, notable for the realism of his literary descriptions and for the lyricism of his language. Brandão was born in Foz do Douro, a parish of Porto, where he spent the majority of his youth.
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• Name — Raul Germano Brandão • Born — 12 March 1867 • Birthplace — Porto, Portugal • Died — 5 December 1930 • Place of death — Lisbon, Portugal • Occupation — Writer, journalist and military officer
Biography
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Brandão completed his secondary studies in 1891. After that, he joined the military academy, where he initiated a long career in the Ministry of War. While working in the ministry, he also worked as a journalist and published several books. In 1896, Brandão was commissioned in Guimarães, where he would meet his future wife. He married in the next year and settled in the city. Despite living in Guimarães, Brandão spent long periods in Lisbon. After retiring from the army, in 1912, Brandão initiated the most productive period of his writing career. He died on 5 December 1930, age 63, after a lifetime of writing and publishing.
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Raul Brandão is recorded as journalist, writer and military personnel.
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1867
Raul Brandão born at Freguesia de Foz do Douro.
1930
Raul Brandão died at Lisbon.
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Freguesia de Foz do Douro.
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• Illustration — Raul Brandão by Henrique Moreira (Porto) • 1890 - Impressões e Paisagens • 1896 - História de um Palhaço • 1901 - O Padre • 1903 - A Farsa • 1906 - Os Pobres (The Poor, trans. Karen Sotelino. Dalkey Archive Press, 2016) • 1912 - El-Rei Junot • 1914 - A Conspiração de 1817 • 1917 - Húmus (1917) • 1919 - Memórias (vol. I) • 1923 - Teatro • 1923 - Os Pescadores • 1924 - "A Pesca da Baleia" • 1925 - Memórias (vol. II) • 1926 - As Ilhas Desconhecidas • 1926 - A Morte do Palhaço e o Mistério da Árvore • 1927 - Jesus Cristo em Lisboa, with Teixeira de Pascoaes • 1929 - O Avejão • 1930 - Portugal Pequenino, with Maria Angelina Brandão • 1931 - O Pobre de Pedir • 1933 - Vale de Josafat
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