Félix Bermudes

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Félix Redondo Adães Bermudes (* 4. July 1874 in Porto , † 5. January 1960 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese playwright and sports shooter .

Life

After completing his business studies ( Curso Superior do Comércio ) he began his theater career in 1907 with the operetta O Tira-Teimas , which he wrote with Ernesto Rodrigues . He then wrote other operettas with Rodrigues as well as João Bastos , in the period between 1912 and 1926, with O Conde-Barão of 1918 being the most successful piece. He then worked alone with Bastos from 1926 to 1932. In 1933 he wrote the operetta O Timpanas , with music by Frederico de Freitas .

Bermudes also produced a number of light and popular comedies, including the successfully filmed João Ratão and, above all, O Leão da Estrela (directed by former UFA actor Artur Duarte ). He was also one of the founders of the SECTP ("Sociedade de Escritores e Compositores Teatrais Portugueses"), a collecting society and direct forerunner of today's SPA ( Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores ), the Portuguese counterpart to the German GEMA . In 1956 he became President of the International Federation of Writers' Associations, Federação Internacional das Sociedades de Homens de Letras .

He was also an avid athlete. In 1916/1917, 1930/1931 and 1945 he was President of the Benfica Lisbon Sports Club . In addition, he took in 1924 at the Summer Olympics in part. He entered the shooting competitions and finished 17th in the team competition of the free rifle together with Dario Canas , Manuel Guerra , António Ferreira and Francisco António Real .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.spautores.pt/spa/historico-spa
  2. ↑ Person encyclopedia Quem é Quem - Portugueses Célebres. , 1st edition, Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2009 ( ISBN 978-989-644-047-3 ), page 91
  3. ↑ Félix Bermudes at weltfussball.de ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.weltfussball.de
personal data
SURNAME Bermudes, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bermudes, Félix Redondo Adães (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese playwright and marksman
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Porto , Portugal
DATE OF DEATH 5th January 1960
Place of death Lisbon , Portugal