António Feijó

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Monument to António Feijó in Ponte de Lima

António Joaquim de Castro Feijó (born June 1, 1859 in Ponte de Lima , † June 20, 1917 in Stockholm ) was a Portuguese diplomat and poet.

Career

Feijó attended the Lyceum in Braga and then went to the University of Coimbra to study law, which he graduated in 1883. In 1886 he joined the foreign service of his country and took on tasks in the consulates of Portugal in the Brazilian states of Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Sul . From 1892 he was consul general and interim chargé d'affaires in the Portuguese legation in Stockholm with accreditation for Denmark , from November 17, 1901 chargé d'affaires there. When the Portuguese legation opened in Oslo on June 16, 1906, he was co-accredited for Norway as Ministre plénipotentiaire, based in Stockholm . Accreditation in Copenhagen ended on December 16, 1908 and resumed in 1915.

He wrote his first works as a student. His literary work is associated with the Parnassians , of whom he was the most important Portuguese representative. Feijó's poetry reflects decadence and an irony of disenchantment , but in his verses he always took an aristocratic stance on life and art.

In September 1900 he married Maria Luísa Carmen Mercedes Joana Lewin (1878–1915) from Sweden. Her early death influenced Feijó's works, which are marked by an obsession with death.

Works (selection)

  • 1882: Transfigurações
  • 1884: Líricas e Bucólicas
  • 1890: Cancioneiro Chinês
  • 1897: Ilha dos Amores
  • 1907: Bailatas
  • 1922: Sol de Inverno
  • 1926: Novas Bailatas

literature

  • Instituto Português do Livro e das Bibliotecas (ed.): Dicionário Cronológico de Autores Portugueses - Mem Martins: Publicações Europa-América, 1985–1994, 3 volumes
  • Silva Duarte: António Feijó ea Suécia. Casa Portuguesa / Ibero-amerikanska institutions, Lisbon / Gothenburg 1961
  • Fernando De Castro Brandão: António Feijó - Diplomata. Europress, Lisbon 2010 ( ISBN 9789725593103 )
  • A. Campos Matos: O Mistério da Estrada de Ponte de Lima - António Feijó e Eça de Queiroz. Livros Horizons, Lisbon 2001 ( ISBN 9789722411769 )

Web links

Commons : António Feijó  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Personal Lexicon Quem é Quem - Portugueses Célebres. Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2009 ( ISBN 978-989-644-047-3 ), page 205f
personal data
SURNAME Feijó, António
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feijó, António Joaquim de Castro (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese diplomat and poet
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Ponte de Lima
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1917
Place of death Stockholm