Henrique Galvão
Henrique Carlos da Malta Galvão (born February 4, 1895 in Barreiro , † June 25, 1970 in São Paulo ) was a Portuguese officer and author who was best known for his opposition to the Salazar regime and the sensational Santa Maria affair .
Life
He was involved as a cadet in the coup that brought Sidónio Pais to power in 1917. He was also one of the military who ended the First Portuguese Republic on May 28, 1926 under Gomes da Costa . He then held a number of public offices, including governor of the Huíla province , director of the Exposição do Mundo Português , the Portuguese colonial exhibition in 1940, and head of the state radio, the Emissora Nacional .
After he had written a number of books on the Portuguese colonial history and the nature in the colonies, for which he had received official awards in Portugal, he was increasingly in opposition to the Salazar dictatorship. In 1952 he was arrested by the Estado Novo regime and released from the army in 1958. Sentenced to 18 years in prison, he escaped on January 15, 1959. Two years later he was the head of the Santa Maria affair. He then lived in Brazil , where he died in 1970. It was not until 1991 that his bones were transferred to Portugal, where they were buried on the Cemitério dos Prazeres .
As an author he had dealt with questions of politics, in particular the Portuguese colonial policy, as well as with subjects of nature and literature. He translated u. a. eight works by Eugene O'Neill , and wrote his own plays. In 2006 one of his novels was filmed with Pele (director: Fernando Vendrell ). However, he is best known for his role as a member of the opposition.
bibliography
- Francisco Teixeira da Mota: Henrique Galvão: To Herói Português. Oficina do Livro, Lisbon 2011, ISBN 978-989-555-827-8 .
- Pedro Jorge Castro: O Inimigo nº 1 de Salazar. Esfera do Caos, Lisbon 2010, ISBN 978-989-626-260-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Henrique Galvão in the catalog of the German National Library
- Henrique Galvão in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Luis Miguel Solla de Andrade: Henrique Galvão, 1895-1970: Aspects of an Euro-African Crusade 1895-1970. University of South Africa, March 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.revistalusofonia.wordpress.com , accessed October 8, 2012.
- ↑ Person encyclopedia Quem É Quem - Portugueses Célebres. 1st edition. Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2009, ISBN 978-989-644-047-3 , pp. 241f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Galvão, Henrique |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | da Malta Galvão, Henrique Carlos (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese officer, author, scientist and resister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barreiro , Portugal |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1970 |
| Place of death | São Paulo , Brazil |