Aquilino Gomes Ribeiro, ComL (; 13 September 1885 – 27 May 1963,

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), was a Portuguese

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and

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. He is generally considered to be one of the great

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s of the 20th century. In 1960, he was nominated for the

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Biography

Born in Carregal de Tabosa,

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, the natural son of Joaquim Francisco Ribeiro, a priest, and Mariana do Rosário Gomes, he had three older siblings: Maria do Rosário, Melchior and Joaquim. He was originally destined for the priesthood, but became involved with the

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, and had to exile himself in

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. In 1914, he returned to Portugal, after the start of World War I. By then, the

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had been established. He was later involved in opposition to

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and the Estado Novo, whose government had moved to censor or ban several of his books. He was married twice: in 1913 to Grete Tiedemann (ca. 1890-1927), a German, by whom he had a son, Aníbal Aquilino Fritz Tiedeman Ribeiro in 1914; then, in 1929, to Jerónima Dantas Machado, daughter of the deposed President of Portugal

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, by whom he had a son Aquilino Ribeiro Machado, in 1930, who became the 60th

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(1977–1979).

Novels

* ''A via sinuosa'' (1918) * ''Terras do demo'' (1919) * ''Filhas da Babilónia'' (1920) * ''Andam faunos pelos bosques'' (1926) * ''O homem que matou o diabo'' (1930) * ''A batalha sem fim'' (1932) * ''As três mulheres de Sansão'' (1932) * ''Maria Benigna'' (1933) * ''Aventura maravilhosa'' (1936) * ''São Bonaboião: anacoreta e mártir'' (1937) * ''Mónica'' (1939) * ''O servo de Deus e a casa roubada'' (1941) * ''Volfrâmio'' (1943) * ''Lápides partidas'' (1945) * ''Caminhos errados'' (1947) * ''O arcanjo negro'' (1947) * ''Humildade gloriosa'' (1954) * ''A Casa Grande de Romarigães'' (1957) * ''Quando os lobos uivam'' (1958) ** in English: ''When the Wolves Howl'', translated by Patricia McGowan Pinheiro (1963) * ''A mina de diamantes'' (1958) * ''Arcas encoiradas'' (1962) * ''Casa do escorpião'' (1963)

References

1885 births 1963 deaths People from Sernancelhe Portuguese male novelists Portuguese anti-fascists Portuguese diplomats 20th-century novelists 20th-century male writers {{Portugal-writer-stub