Luís de Montalvor

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Luis de Montalvor , actually Luis Filipe de Saldanha da Gama da Silva Ramos , (born January 31, 1891 in São Vicente , Cape Verde , † March 2, 1947 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese writer who was mainly active as a poet and essayist. As editor, he was instrumental in founding the legendary Orpheu magazine .

Life

Luis de Montalvor, his pseudonym, was born in Cape Verde, then still a Portuguese colony. When he was two months old, his parents returned to Lisbon. He then spent most of his life in Lisbon, with a break from 1912 to 1915, where he became the personal secretary of the then Portuguese ambassador to Brazil and later President of the Republic, Bernardino Machado .

He co-founded the legendary Orpheu magazine (1915) and Centauro magazine a year later . His literary work is attributed to the first Portuguese modernism and decadence literature. He published in important magazines such as Contemporânea, Presença , Athena, Seara Nova . Poems by him have only been published in the magazines, book publications - even posthumously - have not yet taken place. An example of a well-known poem by him is “Noite de Satan” (The Night of Satan). With the establishment of the Series "Atica" In 1942, he had taken on the task of the work of Fernando Pessoa and Mário de Sá-Carneiro to publish posthumously.

He died in a car accident. His car sped into the Tagus and he drowned. To this day it is not entirely clear whether it was suicide or an accident. He left behind his wife and a son.

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SURNAME Montalvor, Luís de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ramos, Luis Filipe de Saldanha da Gama da Silva
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Sao Vicente , Cape Verde
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1947
Place of death Lisbon