Branca Eva de Gonta Syder Ribeiro Colaço (July 8, 1880 — March 22, 1945), better known as Branca de Gonta Colaço, was a Portuguese writer, scholar and linguist. She was the daughter of British Charlotte Ann Syder and Portuguese politician and writer
Tomás Ribeiro and mother of the sculptor,
Ana de Gonta Colaço.
Biography
Displaying an early talent for revealing the letters, Branca de Gonta Colaço started out as a poet, and as a collaborator in literary journals, actively contributing to a large number of newspapers and magazines. She collaborated with many newspapers, especially ''
The Day The Day may refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Day'' (1914 film), an Australian silent film
* ''The Day'' (1960 film), a short film
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'' by
José Augusto Moreira de Almeida and ''
The Thalassa'' (1913–1915) the humorous newspapers which were run by her husband. She also contributed to ''Fireside'' (1901–1911), ''Illustração portugueza'' (1903–1980) and ''Illustration''
Ilustração (1926-1975) cópia digital, Hemeroteca Municipal
(1926–1975).
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212609/http://www.marinha.pt/extra/revista/ra_mar2002/pag8.html (in Portuguese)
Branca de Gonta Colaço
at the ''Catálogo PORBASE: acesso por Identificadores Unívocos'' of the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (in Portuguese)
1880 births
1945 deaths
19th-century Portuguese women writers
20th-century linguists
20th-century Portuguese poets
20th-century Portuguese women writers
Linguists from Portugal
Portuguese people of British descent
Portuguese women poets
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