Teresa Margarida da Silva e Orta
Teresa Margarida da Silva e Orta (* 1711 or 1712 in São Paulo , † 1792 in Lisbon ; pseudonym : Dorotéia Engrássia Tavareda Dalmira ) was a Brazilian writer from the time of the Enlightenment .
At the age of six she moved to Portugal with her parents , where she lived the rest of her life. Her most important writing is the Maximas de Virtude e Formosura published in Lisbon in 1752 , which were republished in 1777 under the title Aventuras de Diófanes . Based on François Fénelon's The Adventures of Telemach , it contains a critique of royal absolutism and advises the king to enlightened paternalism .
She is considered the first novelist in the Portuguese language .
literature
- Conceição Flores: Teresa Margarida da Silva e Orta (1711–1793). (PDF; 264 kB) In: Convergência Lusíada , No. 26, July – December 2011, pp. 189–193.
Web links
- Literature by and about Teresa Margarida da Silva e Orta in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Literature by and about Teresa Margarida da Silva e Orta in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orta, Teresa Margarida da Silva e |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Orta, Thereza Margarida de Silva e; Silva e Orta, Teresa Margarida da; Dalmira, Dorothea Engrassia Tavareda; Dalmira, Dorotéia Engrássia Tavareda; Tavareda Dalmira, Dorotéia Engrássia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1711 or 1712 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | São Paulo |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1792 |
| Place of death | Lisbon |