João de Deus (poet)

João de Deus Ramos (from the newspaper O Ocidente , 1878).

João de Deus Nogueira de Ramos (born March 8, 1830 in São Bartolomeu de Messines , † January 11, 1896 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese poet and educator.

The son of a businessman studied law at the University of Coimbra , but then turned to poetry. His volume of poetry Flores do Campo made him famous in 1869, but in addition to his folk poetry , his efforts in the fight against illiteracy were particularly valued. For this purpose he wrote the Cartilha Maternal (1876), the mother primer . Based on an obituary by Hedwig Wigger , Theodor Fontane , in his novel Der Stechlin, has the Social Democrat-tinged Pastor Lorenzen report that de Deus was called "un santo" and that, after his death, popular mourning was imposed in Portugal. Accordingly, his sarcophagus was also placed in the Igreja de Santa Engrácia , the Pantheon of Lisbon.

In the birthplace of São Bartolomeu de Messines there is a larger than life monument of the folk hero, which shows him between two children with books, and a museum in which the private rooms in which he lived for around twenty years have been reconstructed.

literature

Hedwig Wigger: João de Deus. In: Das Magazin für Literatur Vol. 65, No. 9 February 29, 1896, Col. 295 ff.

Web links

Commons : João de Deus - collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about João de Deus (poet) in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin

personal data
SURNAME	Deus, João de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ramos Deus, João de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Portuguese poet and educator
DATE OF BIRTH	March 8, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sao Bartolomeu de Messines
DATE OF DEATH	January 11, 1896
Place of death	Lisbon