Júlio Dantas

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Júlio Dantas

Júlio Dantas (born May 19, 1876 in Lagos ; † May 25, 1962 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese writer , doctor , politician , poet and scholar who was one of the most important Portuguese playwrights at the fin de siècle and was considered the most important Portuguese playwright in the 20th century Century applies.

Life

Julio Dantas was the son of Casimiro Augusto Vanez Dantas, who was himself a writer and journalist, and Maria Augusta da Eca. He first studied at the Colegio Militar in Lisbon and then moved to the university's medical faculty there , with a focus on surgery . In 1900 he made his medical exam. For some time he worked as a military doctor and later also as a psychiatrist . As a diplomat he represented Portugal as ambassador to Brazil from 1941 to 1949 . His first literary publication as an independent book was the poetry volume Nada , 1896. This was followed by numerous articles in important journals in the country, such as Novidades , Renascenca . During his time in Brazil he also wrote for the Brazilian newspaper Correo da Manha and the Argentine newspaper La Nacion , to which he regularly sent articles from Brazil. He was president of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences for a good 25 years - from 1922 to 1947 .

Dantas was also politically active and several times foreign minister of his country , so from October 21, 1920 to November 20, 1920, from December 16, 1921 to February 6, 1922 and from November 15 to December 18, 1923, as well as for a short time also Schul -or. Minister of Education. It was not until 1942 that he married his wife Maria Isabel Silva.

In 1915 he fell victim to the famous Anti-Dantas manifesto by José Sobral de Almada Negreiros , in which the writer assumed reactionary and conservative opinions and advocated a renewal of Portuguese culture by his generation.

Julio Dantas was one of the most important and most played Portuguese playwrights of his time. His drama A Severa sold more than 200,000 times in Portugal, making it the best-selling play in Portuguese literary history to this day. His work The Supper of the Cardinals made him world-famous, film adaptations not only in Portugal, but also in Denmark and Mexico, as well as performances in theaters around the globe made him an important face of Portuguese culture abroad. The book has been translated into 20 languages. His play Os crucificados (The Crucified), 1902, was the first play in Portugal to openly address the issue of homosexuality . Unlike António Botto or Raul Leal , the author did not suffer any reprisals , as he was too well known in the country's cultural and political life and was actually perceived as a heterosexual author. In 1918 he wrote the screenplay for the silent film Frei Bonifacio .

Works (selection)

  • Nada , 1896, poems.
  • O que morreu de Amor (The Death of Love), play, 1899.
  • Viriato Tragico , play, 1900.
  • A Severa , play, 1901.
  • A Ceia dos Cardeais ("Supper of the Cardinals"), play, 1902. Worldwide success, numerous films and performances worldwide.
  • Os cruzificados (The Crucified), play, 1902.
  • Soror Mariana , play, 1909.
  • Sonetos , 1916, poems.
  • Frei Antonio das Chagas , play, 1947.

literature

  • A. de O. Soares: [Júlio Dantas and medical archeology] . In: Acta Médica Portuguesa . tape 7 , no. 6 , June 1994, ISSN  0870-399X , p. 379-384 , PMID 7942142 .

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personal data
SURNAME Dantas, Júlio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese politician and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Lagos , Portugal
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1962
Place of death Lisbon , Portugal