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José Simões Dias

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José Simões Dias
José Simões Dias in O Occidente (1899)
Born(1844-02-05)5 February 1844
Died3 March 1899(1899-03-03) (aged 55)
OccupationWriter

José Simões Dias (1844 in Benfeita, Arganil – 3 March 1899 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese poet, short-story writer and literary critic, as well as politician and pedagogue.[1][2] His poetry is generally affiliated with the later Romantic tradition, sometimes termed Ultra-Romanticism, although some of his poems, popular in tone, can be seen to betray an affinity for the Realist aesthetics that was then beginning to blossom in Portuguese letters.[3]

As a deputy to the National Assembly under the constitutional monarchy of Luís I,[1] he authored the bill that would transform the birthday of Camões (June 10) into Portugal Day, an important national holiday. His literary collaboration can be found in the magazine Popular Illustration (1884).[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dr. José Simões Dias : Notas biographicas" (in Portuguese). O Occidente. 20 March 1899. pp. 0062, 0063. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ "José Simões Dias (Short biography)" (in Portuguese). Alfarrábio, University of Minho.
  3. ^ Mouzinho, António Ruivo (Introdução, coordenação e notas) (2004). A Circulatura do Quadrado – Alguns dos Mais Belos Sonetos de Poetas cuja Mátria É a Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Edições Unicepe – Cooperativa Livreira de Estudantes do Porto. pp. 21, 22. ISBN 972-99347-3-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Helena Roldão (5 April 2017). "Ficha histórica: A illustração popular : chronica semanal (1884)" (PDF). pt:Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa. Retrieved 25 September 2017.