Mário Dionísio de Assis Monteiro (July 16, 1916, in Lisbon,

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– November 17, 1993, in Lisbon, Portugal) was a Portuguese critic, writer, painter, and professor. A multifaceted personality – poet, novelist, essayist, critic, painter – Mário Dionísio had a significant civic and cultural impact on 20th-century Portugal, particularly in the realms of literature and art.

Biography

Mário Dionísio de Assis Monteiro was born on July 16, 1916, in Lisbon. He was the son of Eurico Monteiro, a merchant and militia officer in the Military Administration, and Julieta Goulart Parreira Monteiro, a homemaker who had completed advanced studies in Piano. He is the father of Eduarda Dionísio. He graduated in Romance Philology in 1940 from the Faculty of Letters at the

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. He worked as a high school and secondary school teacher and later as a lecturer at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, following the April 25th Revolution. Mário Dionísio was an opponent of the '' Estado Novo'' regime and had connections to the

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, from which he distanced himself in the

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The literary work

He was the author of an independent literary work (poetry, short stories, novels). He engaged in literary and art criticism, delivered lectures, participated in debates, and contributed to various periodicals, including , '' Vértice'', ''Diário de Lisboa'', ''Mundo Literário'', ''Ge de todas as Artes'', and the magazine (1978–1982). He also wrote prefaces for works by authors such as Manuel da Fonseca,

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, and Alves Redol.

Works

Poetry

* As solicitações e emboscadas: Poemas. S. l., s,d (Coimbra: Tipografia Atlântida) * O riso dissonante: Poemas. Lisbon: Centro Bibliográfico, 1950. * Memória dum pintor desconhecido. Lisbon: Portugália, 1965. Coleção Poetas de hoje, 19. * Poesia incompleta: 1936–1965. Lisbon: Europa-América, 1966. * Le feu qui dort. Neuchâtel: Éditions de la Baconniére; Lisbon: Europa-América, 1967. * Terceira idade. Mem-Martins: Europa-América, 1982. Mário Dionísio Collection, 10. * O mundo dos outros: histórias e vagabundagens (preface). Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2000. Pocket Library Collection, Literature, 13. * Poesia completa. Lisbon: National Press — Casa da Moeda, 2016. Plural Collection.

Prose

* O dia cinzento: contos. Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 1954. New Prosecutors Collection. * Não há morte nem princípio. Mem Martins: Europa-América, 1969. Collection of works by Mário Dionísio, 4. * Monólogo a duas vozes: histórias. Lisbon: D. Quixote, 1986. Portuguese Language Authors Collection. * A morte é para os outros. Lisbon: O Jornal, 1988. Dias de Prosa Collection.

Painting

* Vincent Van Gogh: study. S.l., s.n., 1947. The Great Painters and Sculptors Collection. * A paleta e o mundo. Lisboa: Europa-América, 1956–1962, 3 vols. * Conflito e unidade da arte contemporânea. Lisboa: Iniciativas Editoriais, 1958.

Awards and honors

* Mário Dionísio was awarded the Grand Prize for Essay (1963) by the Portuguese Writers' Society in 1963 for his work ''A Paleta e o Mundo'' (English: ''The Palette and the World''). * For the work "Terceira Idade," Mário Dionísio received the Criticism Prize from the Portuguese Center of the International Association of Literary Critics (CPAICL) (1981), tied with Alexandre O'Neill. * He was honored in the toponymy of Lisbon with the naming of a street in the Lumiar parish. This was decided on July 20, 2005, and announced in an official decree on August 1 of the same year by the Lisbon City Council. The Mário Dionísio street was inaugurated on October 26, 2016.

Bibliography

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Mário Dionísio (1916–1993) : correspondências : cartas, cartões, postais, telegramas e algumas obras de arte
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Para que pode servir a memória : a intervenção de Mário Dionísio no pós 25 de Abril
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O percurso teórico de Mário Dionísio em "A paleta e o mundo"
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A "expulsão" de um transviado"
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"Mário Dionísio, um homem dividido"
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"Mário Dionísio, a obra continua viva"
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Notas sobre o lugar de Mário Dionísio no neorealismo
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Vergílio Ferreira – Mário Dionísio : Correspondência (1950–1967)
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References

External links

"Biografia : Mário Dionísio"
in Dicionário Cronológico de Autores Portugueses, Vol. IV, Lisbon, 1997 (via Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas)
"Search for works by Mário Dionísio"
in the catalog of the National Library of Portugal
"Casa da Achada – Mário Dionísio Center"

"Mário Dionísio : (1916–1933) : The Poet, the Painter and the World"
at the Portuguese Society of Authors
"Mário Dionísio : Writer (1916–1993)" (PDF)
by Comissão Municipal de Toponímia (Lisbon, October 2016) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dionisio, Mario 1916 births 1993 deaths Portuguese writers Portuguese painters 20th-century Portuguese painters 20th-century Portuguese poets Portuguese art critics People from Lisbon