''Variante'' (Portuguese for "variant" and "difference") was a Portuguese review published in the capital Lisbon from 1942 to 1943.

History and profile

The review was published by Editorial Inquérito (Editorial Survey), directed and edited by

António Pedro António Pedro da Costa (9 December 1909, in Portuguese Cape Verde, Santiago, Praia – 17 August 1966, in Caminha, Moledo, Portugal) was a Portuguese painter, potter, journalist and writer. Biography He was born to a prominent colonial family f ...

, it produced two issues of the review: Spring 1942 and Winter 1943. The eclectic spirit but pointedly poetic (if not surrealist), the review articulated with the editor's work, announced its first issue under the sign of a ''Nonconformist'' (''Inconformismo''), ''Fantasy'' (''Fantasia''), the second ''Bad Taste'' (''Mau gosto''), he third was ''Strength'' and ''Form'' (''Força'' and ''Forma'') and the fourth was ''Love'' (''Amor'') (this was the last that were publisher). The arranged writings of António Pedro returned its modern quality of publications with ''

Contemporânea ''Contemporânea'' (Portuguese for "Contemporary") was a Portuguese review magazine published in Lisbon from 1922 until 1926. It was headed by and had saved the graphic heading, it brought a literary direction secured for the main drafter Oliv ...

'' review by José Pacheko (or Pacheco). Notable writers who worked with the review included

Vitorino Nemésio Vitorino Nemésio Mendes Pinheiro da Silva (19 December 1901, in Praia da Vitória – 20 February 1978, in Lisbon) was a Portuguese poet, author and intellectual from Terceira, Azores, best known for his novel ''Mau Tempo No Canal'', as well ...

Adolfo Casais Monteiro Adolfo Vítor Casais Monteiro (Porto, Portugal, 4 July 1908 - São Paulo, Brasil, 23 July 1972) was a Portuguese essayist, poet and writer. Biography Casais Monteiro graduated in History and Philosophy at University of Porto ( Faculdade de Le ...

Diogo de Macedo Diogo de Macedo (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, 22 November 1889 – Lisbon, Portugal, 19 February 1959) was a Portuguese painter, sculptor, and writer. Sculpture Sculpted, among others, the busts of: *Antero de Quental ( 1929 ) * Sara Afonso ( ...

, Sofia de Melo Breyner,

José Régio José Maria dos Reis Pereira, better known by the pen name José Régio (17 September 1901, Vila do Conde – 22 December 1969, Vila do Conde), was a Portuguese writer who spent most of his life in Portalegre (1929 to 1962). He was the brother ...

Manuel Mendes Manuel Mendes (or Manoel Mendes; c. 1547 – 24 September 1605) was a Portuguese composer and teacher of the Renaissance. While his music remains obscure, he was important as the teacher of several of the composers of the golden age of Portugu ...

Delfim Santos and a couple of more. It was prematurely interrupted (for economic reasons and lack of cooperation of the elevation of the desired program), the publication was resumed in 1948 under the "International Surrealist Review", then directed by António Pedro, André Breton, V. Brauner, N, Celas and

E.L.T. Mesens Édouard Léon Théodore Mesens (27 November 1903 – 13 May 1971) was a Belgian artist and writer associated with the Belgian Surrealist movement. Biography Mesens was born in Brussels, Belgium. He started his artistic career as a musician inf ...

difficulties of the editorial order prevented the concretization of this project.

References

External links

Variante, Art Library (Biblioteca de Arte)

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation ( pt, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian), commonly referred to simply as the Gulbenkian Foundation, is a Portuguese institution dedicated to the promotion of the arts, philanthropy, science, and education. One ...

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