Antónia Gertrudes Pusich (1 October 1805 – 6 October 1883) was a Portuguese poet, dramaturgist, journalist, pianist and composer.
Biography
She was born on the
Island of São Nicolau, which used to be part of
Portuguese Cape Verde
Cape Verde was a colony of the Portuguese Empire from the initial settlement of the Cape Verde Islands in 1462 until the independence of Cape Verde in 1975.
History
15th century
The islands of Cape Verde was discovered in 1444 by Dom Prin ...
. Daughter of the archipelago's colonial governor
António Pusich who was born in
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterran ...
, Croatia (then Ragusa which belonged to the Republic of Ragusa) and Ana Maria Isabel Nunes. She married João Cardoso de Almeida Amado Viana Coelho in 1820 and had six children: João António, Antónia, Alfredo, Maria, Ana and Ema.
[Antónia Gertrudes Pusich](_blank)
Portuguese Women Writers before 1900., accessed 24 April 2018 She later married Francisco Teixeira Henriques and had only one son,
Miguel Pusich Henriques Teixeira.
She later married José Roberto de Melo Fernandes e Almeida in 1836 and had four sons, António Pusich de Melo, Antónia Pusich de Melo, Ana Isabel Filomena Pusich de Melo e Maria Amélia Pusich de Melo.
As a poet, she marked a novelistic influence in Portugal.
[ and dared to use her real name, not a pseudonym which was custom at the time.
She was the first mother in Portugal that founded and headed a journal.
She took part in several periodicals including '' Paquete do Tejo'' (''Package from Tejo'').][ and Almanach (Modern Portuguese: Almanaco), having been director and owner of periodicals ''A assemblea literaria'' 'Literary Assembly'', Modern Portuguese: ''A assembleia literária'' ''A Beneficiência'' and ''A Cruzada''.
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Legacy
*A street is named for Pusich in the neighbourhood of Alvalade Alvalade may refer to the following places in Portugal:
*Alvalade (Lisbon), a freguesia (civil parish) in the municipality of Lisbon
*Alvalade (Santiago do Cacém), a freguesia (civil parish) in the Santiago do Cacém Municipality, Alentejo
*Estád ...
, in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. Streets are also named for her in the subdivision of Fetal, Charneca de Caparica
Charneca de Caparica () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area
The Lisbon Metropolitan Area ( pt, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa; abbreviated as AML) is a metropolitan area in Portugal centered on Lisbo ...
in Almada
Almada () is a city and a municipality in Portugal, located on the southern margin of the Tagus River, on the opposite side of the river from Lisbon. The two cities are connected by the 25 de Abril Bridge. The population in 2011 was 174,030, in a ...
and in Pinhal General in Fernão Ferro
Fernão Ferro is a Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish, in the concelho, municipality of Seixal Municipality, Seixal in the district of Setúbal District, Setúbal, Portugal. It is part of the Lisbon metropolitan area. The population in 2011 was 17 ...
in Seixal
Seixal () is a Portuguese city and municipality, located in the district of Setúbal, in the metropolitan area of Lisbon. Its population includes 184,269 inhabitants (2011), in an area of that includes six parishes. It is situated across the T ...
.Toponym of a Woman in the Setúbal region
Centro de Informação e Documentação da CIG, accessed 25 April 2018
Works
*Source:
References
Further reading
*Pusich, Antónia Gertrudes (1805–83) in "Grande Enciclopédia Universal" Vol. 16, Edita Durclub, S.A.
External links
Antónia Pusich
at Infopedia
Homenagem a Sua Magestade a Rainha de Portugal Dona Estephania
digital work
In memoriam to the curated Antonià Gertrudes Pusich
Portrait of Antónia Pusich for Sinta Barbara in the magazine ''O Ocidente'' (''The Western'')
at Hemeroteca Digital
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1805 births
1883 deaths
People from São Nicolau, Cape Verde
19th-century Portuguese poets
19th-century Portuguese dramatists and playwrights
Portuguese journalists
Portuguese pianists
Portuguese composers
Portuguese people of Croatian descent
Portuguese women poets
Portuguese women dramatists and playwrights
19th-century Portuguese women writers