João de Lemos Seixas Castelo Branco (1819 – 1890) was a Portuguese journalist, poet and dramatist.
Lemos was born in
Peso da Régua
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. He was known as "the troubadour" (in Portuguese: Trovador) in
Coimbra
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, where he graduated in Law, thanks the publication of the poetic newspaper ''O Trovador'' (repository of poetic productions of a group of young students). Besides João, director of that publication, were part of The Troubadour:
Luís da Costa Pereira,
António Xavier Rodrigues Cordeiro,
José Freire de Serpa,
Augusto Lima and Couto Monteiro.
[ Remédios, Joaquim Mendes dos. ''History of Portuguese literature from its origins to the present''. Lisboa: Lumen, 1921]
João collaborated with other periodicals, as exemplified by the comedy newspaper ''The Comedy Portuguese'' (in Portuguese: a Comédia Portuguesa), where he started publishing in 1888.
Poetic works
*The funeral and the dove: Poem in 5 corners (Portuguese: O funeral e a pomba: poema em 5 cantos)
*Songbook (1858-1867) (Portuguese: Cancioneiro)
** I - Flowers and Lovers (Portuguese: Flores e Amores)
** II - Faith and Fatherland (Portuguese: Religião e Pátria)
** III - Impressions and Recollections (Portuguese: Impressões e Recordações)
*Elisa's book: Fragments (1869) (Portuguese: O livro de Elisa: fragmentos)
*Songs Afternoon (1875) (Portuguese: Canções da tarde)
*Evenings Village (1876) (Portuguese: Serões de Aldeia)
*Uncle Damian: lyric (1886) (Portuguese: O tio Damião: poema lírico)
*Monk Painter (1889) (Portuguese: O Monge Pintor)
Theater
*Maria Pais Ribeira: drama in four acts (Portuguese: Maria Pais Ribeira: drama em quatro actos)
*A happy shock: comedy (Portuguese: Um susto feliz: comédia)
Compilation of newspaper articles
*The Friars (Portuguese: Os Frades)
*He and She (Portuguese: Ele e Ela)
*The Inquisition of 1850 (Portuguese: A Inquisição de 1850)
References
External links
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''Comedy Portuguese: weekly chronicle of customs cases, politics, arts and lettras''
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19th-century Portuguese poets
Portuguese male poets
Portuguese journalists
1819 births
1890 deaths
People from Peso da Régua
University of Coimbra alumni
19th-century journalists
Male journalists
19th-century male writers