Antonio Sardinha

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Antonio Sardinha

António Maria de Sousa Sardinha (born September 9, 1887 in Monforte , † January 10, 1925 in Elvas ) was a Portuguese writer , editor and politician who was considered one of the leading intellectuals in Portugal of his time. He is also one of the most important representatives of Portuguese integralism and monarchism .

Life

António Sardinha was born in Montforte, a municipality in the southern Portuguese province of Alentejo , in 1887 . He published his first volume of poetry at the age of 15. In 1911 he began studying law at the University of Coimbra . In 1913 he converted to Catholicism and became a loyal supporter of the monarchy .

For the Monarchist Party he was elected as a member of parliament. In 1914 he founded the magazine Nação Portuguesa ( Portuguese Nation ), which became a collecting tank for ethnic, racial, nationalist and integralist intellectuals and thus the originator of Integralismo Português , Portuguese Integralism . In 1919 he had to go into exile for 27 months because it became known that a Monarquia de Norte , a monarchy of the north , had been planned in the north of the country . Since 1922 he was also the editor of the epigonal monarchist magazine A Monarquia .

The writer and politician died on January 10, 1925 at the age of 37.

Sardinha as spiritual father

António Sardinha is still considered to be a leading exponent of the Portuguese right. Many of his writings were openly or covertly interspersed with ethnic, racial, integralist and monarchist elements. He also firmly rejected parliamentarism and democracy in his works. He became acquainted with the Portuguese President Sidónio Pais . He was thus a spiritual father of Portuguese fascism, which had its political start in the military coup that followed his death just one year.

Works (selection)

  • Ensaio: O Valor da Raça (1915) - Essay: Value of Race.
  • Na corte de Saudade (1922) - At the court of longing, poems.
  • Chuva da Tarde (1923) - Rain in the afternoon, poems.
  • A Aliança Peninsular (1925) - Alliance of the Peninsula.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Sardinha, António
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sardinha, António Maria de Sousa (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese writer, editor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Monforte
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1925
Place of death Elvas