Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho
Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho ( pseudonym : Maria de Sucena ; born February 2, 1847 in Lisbon , † March 24, 1921 there ) was a Portuguese writer .
Life
Vaz de Carvalho married the Brazilian lyric poet António Gonçalves Crespo Cândido and became the first woman to join the Portuguese Academy of Sciences .
Under the pseudonym Maria de Sucena , she wrote for various Portuguese ( Diário Popular , Repórter , Artes e Letras ) and Brazilian ( Jornal do Comércio ) magazines.
In addition to poetry, she also wrote short stories, essays, biographies and literary criticism. The children's books Contos para os nossos filhos (“Stories for Our Children”, 1886), which she wrote together with her husband, became the official textbook.
Her house, in which Eça de Queiroz , Camilo Castelo Branco , Ramalho Ortigão and Guerra Junqueiro frequented, became the first literary salon in Lisbon.
Since 1993, the municipality of Loures (where she spent her childhood) has given her name a literary award.
Web links
- Literature by and about Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Literature by and about Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vaz de Carvalho, Maria Amália |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1921 |
| Place of death | Lisbon |