David de Jesus Mourão-Ferreira,

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(24 February 1927 in

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– 16 June 1996 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese

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from

. He was a son of David Ferreira (b. 1898) and wife Teresa de Jesus Ferro Mourão (b. 1907). He studied

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in 1951 in the

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and in 1957 became a Professor. He married firstly Maria Eulália Barbosa Valentim de Carvalho, sister of Rui Valentim de Carvalho, of now

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label, and maternal aunt of Manuela Moura Guedes' first husband, by whom he had issue, and secondly Maria do Pilar de Jesus Barata, without issue. In 2005, the

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dedicated to him the Cátedra David Mourão-Ferreirahttp://www.centrostudilusofoni.unibari.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=39 (Italian and Portuguese)

Poems

*1954 – ''Tempestade de Verão'' (awarded by

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) *1958 – ''Os Quatro Cantos do Tempo'' *1962 – '' In Memoriam Memoriae'' *1962 – ''Infinito Pessoal ou A Arte de Amar'' *1966 – '' Do Tempo ao Coração'' (''Of The Time to The Heart'') *1967 – '' A Arte de Amar'' (combination of previous works) *1969 – '' Lira de Bolso'' *1971 – ''Cancioneiro de Natal'' (awarded by Nacional de Poesia) *1973 – '' Matura Idade''aa *1974 – '' Sonetos do Cativo'' (''Captive Sonnets'') *1976 – ''As Lições do Fogo'' *1980 – '' Obra Poética'' (''Poetic Works'') (includes a guitar and a violin) *1985 – '' Os Ramos e os Remos'' *1988 – '' Obra Poética, 1948-1988'' (''Poetic Works, 1948–1988'') *1994 – '' Música de Cama'' (erotic anthology with an unedited book)

Narrative fictions

*1959 – ''Novelas de Gaivotas em Terra'' (awarded by Ricardo Malheiros) *1968 – '' Os contos de Os Amantes'' (''The Stories of the Loved Ones'') *1980 – ''

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'' (awarded by the International Association of Literary Critics) *1986 – '' Um Amor Feliz'' (''A Happy Love'') *1987 – '' Duas Histórias de Lisboa'' (''Two Histories of Lisbon'')

External links

Photos and a few poemsGeneAll.net David de Jesus Mourão FerreiraCentro Studi Lusofoni – Cátedra David Mourão-Ferreira

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mourao-Ferreira, David 1927 births 1996 deaths 20th-century Portuguese poets Portuguese male poets University of Lisbon alumni Writers from Lisbon 20th-century Portuguese male writers

Poems

Narrative fictions

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