Antónia Gertrudes Pusich (1 October 1805 – 6 October 1883) was a Portuguese poet, dramaturgist, journalist, pianist and composer.
Biography
She was born on the
Island of São Nicolau, which used to be part of
Portuguese Cape Verde
Cape Verde was a colony of the Portuguese Empire from the initial settlement of the Cape Verde Islands in 1462 until the independence of Cape Verde in 1975.
History
15th century
The islands of Cape Verde were discovered in 1460-62 by Pri ...
. Daughter of the archipelago's colonial governor
António Pusich who was born in
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik, historically known as Ragusa, is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, a Port, seaport and the centre of the Dubrovni ...
, Croatia (then Ragusa which belonged to the Republic of Ragusa) and Ana Maria Isabel Nunes. She married João Cardoso de Almeida Amado Viana Coelho in 1820 and had six children: João António, Antónia, Alfredo, Maria, Ana and Ema.
[Antónia Gertrudes Pusich](_blank)
, Portuguese Women Writers before 1900., accessed 24 April 2018 She later married Francisco Teixeira Henriques and had only one son,
Miguel Pusich Henriques Teixeira.
She later married José Roberto de Melo Fernandes e Almeida in 1836 and had four sons, António Pusich de Melo, Antónia Pusich de Melo, Ana Isabel Filomena Pusich de Melo e Maria Amélia Pusich de Melo.
As a poet, she marked a novelistic influence in Portugal.
[ and dared to use her real name, not a pseudonym which was custom at the time.
She was the first mother in Portugal that founded and headed a journal.
She took part in several periodicals including '']Paquete do Tejo
''El Paquete Semanal'' ("The Weekly Package") or ''El Paquete'' is a one terabyte collection of digital material distributed since around 2008 on the underground market in Cuba as a substitute for broadband Internet. Since 2015, it has been the pri ...
'' (''Package from Tejo'').[ and Almanach (Modern Portuguese: Almanaco), having been director and owner of periodicals ''A assemblea literaria'' 'Literary Assembly'', Modern Portuguese: ''A assembleia literária'' ''A Beneficiência'' and ''A Cruzada''.
On 9 February 2010 a PSD request was approved for the Ethics, Society and Culture Commission to hold hearings on freedom of expression in Portugal, where several people will be heard, including Mário Crespo on 17 February 2010.
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Legacy
*A street is named for Pusich in the neighbourhood of Alvalade
Alvalade () is a (civil parish) and typical Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Alvalade is south of Lumiar and Olivais, Lisbon, Olivais, west of Marvila, Lisbon, Marvila, east ...
, in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. Streets are also named for her in the subdivision of Fetal, Charneca de Caparica
Charneca de Caparica () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Charneca de Caparica e Sobreda
Charneca de Caparica e Sobreda is a civil parish in t ...
in Almada
Almada () is a city and a municipality in Portugal, located on the southern margin of the Tagus River, on the opposite side of the river from Lisbon. The two cities are connected by the 25 de Abril Bridge. The population of the municipality in 20 ...
and in Pinhal General in Fernão Ferro
Fernão Ferro is a civil parish, in the municipality of Seixal in the district of Setúbal, Portugal. It is part of the Lisbon metropolitan area
The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (; abbreviated as AML) is a metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropol ...
in Seixal
Seixal () is a Portugal, Portuguese city and municipality, located in the district of Setúbal District, Setúbal, in the metropolitan area of Lisbon region, Lisbon. Its population includes 184,269 inhabitants (2011), in an area of that includes ...
.Toponym of a Woman in the Setúbal region
, Centro de Informação e Documentação da CIG, accessed 25 April 2018
Works
*Source:
References
Further reading
*Pusich, Antónia Gertrudes (1805–83) in "Grande Enciclopédia Universal" Vol. 16, Edita Durclub, S.A.
External links
Antónia Pusich
at Infopedia
Homenagem a Sua Magestade a Rainha de Portugal Dona Estephania
digital work
In memoriam to the curated Antonià Gertrudes Pusich
Portrait of Antónia Pusich for Sinta Barbara in the magazine ''O Ocidente'' (''The Western'')
at Hemeroteca Digital
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1805 births
1883 deaths
People from São Nicolau, Cape Verde
19th-century Portuguese poets
19th-century Portuguese dramatists and playwrights
Portuguese journalists
Portuguese pianists
Portuguese women pianists
Portuguese composers
Portuguese people of Croatian descent
Portuguese women poets
Portuguese women dramatists and playwrights
19th-century Portuguese women writers
19th-century Portuguese journalists
19th-century Portuguese women journalists