Antonio Ribeiro Chiado

Antonio Ribeiro's monument in the Chiado district of Lisbon

António Ribeiro Chiado (* around 1520 in Évora , Portugal ; † 1591 in Lisbon , Portugal) was an important Portuguese playwright and poet of the Renaissance . The well-known Franciscan was also active as a performer in many of his plays. Alongside Gil Vicente , he is considered to be one of Portugal's great playwrights in the golden age of Portuguese literature and culture. He was also a contemporary of Luís Vaz de Camões .

The Chiado district of Lisbon is named after him.

Live and act

Ribeiro came from a simple background. Before preparing for his ordination he led a dissolute and unsteady life and lived in a "wild marriage" with Catarina Dias. Because of his numerous affairs with women, he was considered a womanizer in the city. As he got older, however, he changed his mind and joined the Franciscan order in his hometown, moved to Lisbon and has led an exemplary life ever since. His work was also created during this time. Despite some satirical influences, the order allowed the writing of secular and satirical works as well as appearances as an actor in its plays. A piece was before King John III. listed.

Ribeiro Chiado's work consists mainly of theater pieces that can be described as comical-satirical and in which he targeted human weaknesses. The talented author and voice imitator often imitated well-known personalities of his time, which is said to have led to great laughter. His works, which were also understood by ordinary people, were very popular with the people. In his poetry he was able to pursue the question of platonic love, which he often glorified as a divine ideal.

The Lisbon district of Chiado is named after Antonio Ribeiro Chiado, among other things because he worked there and his monastery stood there in what is now Rua Almeida Garrett. There is also a bronze statue of the poet erected by the city council in 1925 and made by the well-known sculptor António Augusto da Costa Mota (1862–1930).

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Philomena dos lavores dos santos com outros devotos, 1585, poetry.
Leitreiras sentenciosas, os quaes se acharram em certas sepulturas de Hespanha feitos em trovas, 1602 (posthumous), poetry.
Auto de Gonçalo Chambão, play, premiered posthumously in 1613.
Práctica Doyto feguras, play, undated
Auto das Regateiras, play, undated
Práctica dos compadres, play, n.d.
Auto da natural invencão, play, undated
Cartas Jocosos, (Funny Letters), undated Correspondence.

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SURNAME	Ribeiro Chiado, António
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ribeiro, Antonio; Chiado
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Portuguese Franciscan, playwright, and poet of the Renaissance
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1520
PLACE OF BIRTH	Évora , Portugal
DATE OF DEATH	1591
Place of death	Lisbon , Portugal