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Secretariado Nacional De Informação
The Secretariado Nacional de Informação, Cultura Popular e Turismo (National Information, Popular Culture and Tourism Secretariat), usually known as the Secretariado Nacional de Informação or SNI, was the public organization responsible for political propaganda, public information, communications, tourism and cultural activity during the Estado Novo regime in Portugal. It was based out of the , on Restauradores Square, in Lisbon. The SNI developed an important role in the area of fine arts, film, theater, dance, literature (including the introduction of literary prizes), folklore, publishing, etc. The organization was created in 1933, as the Secretariado de Propaganda Nacional (SPN; Secretariat of National Propaganda), adopting the SNI designation in 1945. In 1968, it became the Secretaria de Estado da Informação e Turismo (SEIT; State Secretariat of Information and Tourism). After April 25, 1974, with the Carnation Revolution, the SNI/SEIT's information and communications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgínia Vitorino
Virgínia de Sousa Vitorino (August 13, 1895 – December 21, 1967), better known as Virgínia Vitorino, was a Portuguese poet, playwright, and teacher. She received the Prémio Gil Vicente in 1938. Biography Virgínia Vitorino was born in 1895 in Alcobaça, Portugal, the daughter of Joaquim de Sousa Vitorino, a mail carrier, and Guilhermina Vila-Nova. She pursued Romance studies at the University of Lisbon and attended the school of the , where she studied piano and singing, and learned Italian. She went on to teach Portuguese, French, and Italian at the conservatory for around four decades, as well as teaching high school students. Vitorino was an early employee of the Emissora Nacional, the country's public broadcaster, where she directed various radio plays. On the radio, she used the pseudonym Maria João do Vale. Over the course of her career, she was the author of three books of poetry and six works of theater, all of which were staged by Amélia Rey Colaço and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estado Novo (Portugal)
The ''Estado Novo'' (, lit. "New State") was the corporatist Portuguese state installed in 1933. It evolved from the ''Ditadura Nacional'' ("National Dictatorship") formed after the ''coup d'état'' of 28 May 1926 against the democratic but unstable First Republic. Together, the ''Ditadura Nacional'' and the ''Estado Novo'' are recognised by historians as the Second Portuguese Republic ( pt, Segunda República Portuguesa). The ''Estado Novo'', greatly inspired by conservative and autocratic ideologies, was developed by António de Oliveira Salazar, who was President of the Council of Ministers from 1932 until illness forced him out of office in 1968. The ''Estado Novo'' was one of the longest-surviving authoritarian regimes in Europe in the 20th century. Opposed to communism, socialism, syndicalism, anarchism, liberalism and anti-colonialism, the regime was conservative, corporatist, and nationalist in nature, defending Portugal's traditional Catholicism. Its policy envisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natércia Freire
Natércia Freire GOIH (28 October 1919 – 17 December 2004) was a Portuguese journalist, writer, poet and translator. Early life Natércia Ribeiro de Oliveira Freire was born in Benavente in the Santarém District of Portugal, the last of four daughters of João Ribeiro de Oliveira Freire and Maria Emília Freire. One of her sisters was the novelist, Maria da Graça Freire. Natércia studied music and also took a course to become a primary school teacher, becoming one in 1944. Career Encouraged to write by her husband, José Isidro dos Santos, Freire first published a collection of poems in 1935, called ''Castelos de sonho'' (Dream castles), at the age of 17. At that early age, she already showed a mastery of form and a musical sensibility and this had fully matured by the time ''Horizonte fechado'' (Closed horizon) was published, her fourth collection, in 1942. Further collections were to follow, marked by a "deep thematic coherence". Her work, with its supernatural themes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented. Propaganda can be found in news and journalism, government, advertising, entertainment, education, and activism and is often associated with material which is prepared by governments as part of war efforts, political campaigns, health campaigns, revolutionaries, big businesses, ultra-religious organizations, the media, and certain individuals such as soapboxers. In the 20th century, the English term ''propaganda'' was often associated with a manipulative approach, but historically, propaganda has been a neutral descriptive term of any material that promotes certain opinions or ideologies. Equivalent non-English terms have also la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ester De Lemos
Ester de Lemos, sometimes written as Esther, (born 1929) is a university professor, translator and Portuguese writer. A supporter of the '' Estado Novo'' regime, she was a member of the National Assembly of Portugal between 1965 and 1969. Early life Maria Esther Guerne Garcia de Lemos Trigueiros de Martel was born in the parish of Carvalhal in Bombarral in the District of Leiria in central Portugal on 2 November 1929. She was the seventh and last daughter of Ester Guerne and Jaime Garcia de Lemos, who had fought in World War I. She graduated in Romanic Philology from the University of Lisbon in 1952. From 1954 she worked on radio programmes on literary topics. Between 1957 and 1963 she was an assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lisbon. In 1963, she interrupted her teaching to work on a doctorate, but fell out with her supervisor, Jacinto Prado Coelho, who was president of the Portuguese Society of Writers, and did not complete the thesis. She then wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Da Graça Freire
Maria da Graça Freire (1916?–1993) was a Portuguese writer of novels and short stories. Early life Maria da Graça Freire was born on 1 October 1916(?) in Cartaxo in the Santarém District of Portugal, one of four daughters of João Ribeiro de Oliveira Freire and Maria Emília da Cunha Freire. One of her sisters was the poet, Natércia Freire. In her teens she suffered from tuberculosis and was expected to die, but survived. At that time the family moved to the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, following the death of her father. In 1936, after marriage with Cláudio Azambuja Martins, she left for Portuguese Angola, where they stayed, until 1943-1944. Career Freire's first literary writings (as Maria da Graça Azambuja) date back to 1944-1945, with the publication of short stories in ''Atlântico'' magazine. Her 1946 volume of short stories, ''As Estrelas Moram Longe'' (The Stars Live Far Away), denounced social inequality, sexism and poverty. Her time in Angola led to her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agustina Bessa-Luís
Agustina Bessa-Luís, GOSE (; 15 October 1922 – 3 June 2019) was a Portuguese writer. From 1986 and 1987, she was director of the daily '' O Primeiro de Janeiro'' (Porto). From 1990 to 1993, she was director of the D. Maria II National Theatre (Lisbon). Her novels have been adapted for the screen by director Manoel de Oliveira: ''Fanny Owen'' ("Francisca"), ''Abraham's Valley'', and ''The Lands of Risk'' ("The Convent"), in addition to the ''Party''. Director João Botelho directed A Corte do Norte based on Agustina's homonymous novel. Awards She was awarded the Camões Prize in 2004. Works * ''A Sibila'' (1954; "The Sibyl") * ''ESTADOS ERÓTICOS IMEDIATOS DE SÖREN KIERKEGAARD'' ØREN KIERKEGAARD'S IMMEDIATE EROTIC STAGES Is based on Kierkegaard text from ''The Seducer's Diary'', ''The immediate erotic stages or the musical-erotic'', – popular name: ''The Don Juan-analysis'' -, and ''The Journals'', 1992 * ''Os Incuráveis'' (1956) * ''A Muralha'' (1957) * ''O Susto'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuela Saraiva De Azevedo
Manuela Saraiva de Azevedo (31 August 1911 – 10 February 2017) was a Portuguese journalist and writer. She was the first woman to become a professional journalist in Portugal, working for, among others, the ''República'', '' Diário de Lisboa'' and '' Diário de Notícias'' newspapers from 1935 until her retirement in 1996. Between 1942 and 1945 she worked as a magazine editor before moving to the ''Diário de Lisboa'', where in 1946 she was the first journalist to interview the exiled Umberto II of Italy following the establishment of the Italian Republic. In 2016 she was presented with the Order of Public Instruction by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. de Azevedo died in Lisbon on 10 February 2017 at the age of 105. According to the ''Jornal de Notícias ''Jornal de Notícias (JN)'' (; meaning ''News Journal'' in English) is a Portuguese daily national newspaper, one of the oldest in Portugal. History and profile ''JN'' was founded in Porto and was first published o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco José Caeiro
Francisco José Caeiro (Arraiolos, Vimieiro, 6 March 1890 – Lisbon, 24 May 1976) was a Portuguese politician and former Minister and law professor. Background He was the son of Faustino José Caeiro and wife Emília Augusta da Conceição, both born and married in Arraiolos, Vimieiro; paternal grandson of Francisco José Caeiro and wife Rosa Maria, and maternal grandson of Manuel da Rosa de Brito and wife Emília da Conceição. Career He was a Licentiate and a Cathedratic Professor of Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. He started his career as a lawyer. He was Counselor, Minister and the 4th Attorney-General of the Republic. He was the Proprietor of the Palace of the Farm in Azaruja. Family He married in Lisbon on 11 June 1921 to Deolinda de Sousa de Lima Ferreira da Gama (Vila do Conde, São Simão da Junqueira, 8 August 1895 –), daughter of Aníbal Ferreira da Gama, born in Vale de Espinhal, and wife Deolinda de Sousa de Lima; they ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Archer
Maria Emilia Archer Eyrolles Baltasar Moreira, known to her readers as Maria Archer (4 January 1899 – 23 January 1982), was a writer and activist from Lisbon, Portugal. Biography Born in Lisbon, Archer lived most of her life outside of Portugal. As a result of her parents' frequent journeys with their children, she did not finish elementary school until she was much older than normal students making her essentially a self-taught writer. Reportedly, she started creating verse as a young child although no evidence of those poems remain. In 1910, her parents moved the family to Mozambique, Africa. She was the first-born of six children. The family returned to Portugal in 1914, but two years later they were back in Africa, this time in Guinea-Bissau. In 1921, while her father was on a trip to Portugal, Maria Archer married a Portuguese man, Alberto Teixeira Passos and the young couple took up residence on the island of Ibo in Mozambique. Five years later, after the fall of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restauradores Square
Restauradores Square ( pt, Praça dos Restauradores) is a public square in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is located at the southeast end of Avenida da Liberdade (Lisbon), Avenida da Liberdade, near Rossio, Rossio square. Details The square is dedicated to the restoration of the independence of Portugal in 1640, after 60 years of Spain, Spanish domination. The obelisk in the middle of the square, inaugurated in 1886, carries the names and dates of the battles fought during the Portuguese Restoration War, in 1640. The Monument to the Restorers is located in the center of the square. The rectangular square is surrounded by 19th and early 20th century buildings. The most remarkable are the Palácio Foz, a palace built between the 18th and 19th centuries and boasting magnificently decorated interiors, and the old ''Éden Cinema'' (now a hotel), with a beautiful Art Deco façade dating from the 1930s, a work by architect ''Cassiano Branco''. Also notable is the old ''Condes Cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Leitão De Barros
José Leitão de Barros (22 October 1896 – 29 June 1967) was a Portuguese film director and playwright. Among his most famous films are '' Maria do Mar'' (1930), the second docufiction after '' Moana'' (1926) by Robert Flaherty, the first Portuguese sound film, '' A Severa'' (1931), '' Ala-Arriba!'' (1945), and a biopic about Portugal's national poet, '' Camões'' (1946). He was born and died in Lisbon. Filmography * ''Mal de Espanha'' (1918) * '' O Homem dos Olhos Tortos'' (1918) (unfinished) * ''Malmequer'' (1918) * ''Sidónio Pais - Proclamação do Presidente da República'' (1918) (lost) * ''Nazaré, Praia de Pescadores'' (1929) (the second part is lost) * ''Festas da Curia'' (1927) * ''Lisboa, Crónica Anedótica'' (1930) * '' Maria do Mar'' (1930) * '' A Severa'' (1931) * ''As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor'' (1935) * ''Bocage'' (1936) * ''Las Tres Gracias'' (1936) * ''Maria Papoila'' (1937) * ''Legião Portuguesa'' (1937) * ''Mocidade Portuguesa'' (1937) * ''Varanda dos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
