Branquinho da Fonseca

António José Branquinho da Fonseca (4 May 1905 – 7 May 1974) was a Portuguese writer. Some of his early works were published under the pseudonym António Madeira.[1] He is best remembered as the first editor of Presença,[2] "one of the most important, if not the most important, Portuguese literary reviews of the twentieth century",[3] and for the novella The Baron.[1]

Biography

He was the son of the writer Tomás da Fonseca.[2] He studied law at the University of Coimbra where he met José Régio and João Gaspar Simões. In 1923–1924 he co-founded the literary review Tríptico which lasted until 1925.[3] In 1927 he and Gaspar Simões founded the literary review Presença[1] and he served as its first editor.[2] He left Presença in 1930 to edit the review journal Sinal (1930) with fellow Presença outcast Miguel Torga. Later he was a main contributor of Manifesto (1936–1938).[1][3]

Bibliography

Poetry[1]

• Poemas (1926)
• Mar coalhado (1932; "Curdled Sea")

Plays[1]

• Posição de Guerra (1928; "War Post")
• Teatro (1939)

Short stories and novellas[1]

• Zonas (1931)
• Caminhos magnéticos (1938; "Magnetic Paths")
• O Barão (1942; "The Baron")
• Rio turvo (1945; "Turbid River")
• Mar Santo (1952; "Holy Sea")
• Bandeira preta (1956; "Black Banner")

Novels[1]

• Porta de Minerva (1947; "Minerva's Gate")

References

1. Fagundes, Francisco Cota (1996). "Introduction". The Baron. Center for Portuguese Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. pp. 7–18. ISBN 0-942208-30-7.
2. Rothwell, Phillip (2009). "Narrative and Drama During the Dicatatorship". In Parkinson, Stephen; Pazos Alonso, Cláudia; Earle, T.F. (eds.). A Companion to Portuguese Literature. Tamesis. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-85566-194-3.
3. Ramer, Richard C. (2020). "Special List 375 Fiction" (PDF). p. 58. Retrieved 10 August 2021.