José Régio
José Régio ( born September 17, 1901 as José Maria dos Reis Pereira in Vila do Conde, † December 22, 1969 ) was a Portuguese writer and novelist, one of the most important Portuguese writers of the 20th century.
- 2.1 Translation into German
Life
José Régio was born in 1901 in Vila do Conde. In Porto, he attended a gymnasium and studied from 1919 to 1925 Romance in Coimbra. In 1927 he became co-editor of the journal Presença and become the leading head of the Segundo Modernism, the "Second Modernism " in Portugal. From 1930 to 1962 he was a teacher at a secondary school in Port Alegre. Between 1934 and 1962, his novel blind man remained banned, not least because he was also active in the opposition to the dictatorship.
José Régio died on 22 December 1969 to a heart attack in Vila do Conde.
Work
His works include drama, poetry, novels and essays. O Quinto Império - Ontem Como Hoje, Mon cas, O Vestido Cor de Fogo, O Príncipe com orelhas de Burro, Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe and As Pinturas do Meu Irmão Júlio were filmed after its submission. His first novel, Blind Man's Bluff is also the same time most controversial.
Work (selection)
- Poemas de Deus e Diabo ( poems of God and the Devil ), 1925, poetry.
- Jogo da Cabra - Cega, ( Blindekuh game ), novel, 1934.
- As Encruzilhas de Deus ( The Parting of God ), 1936, poetry.
- Antonio Botto eo amor (Antonio Botto and love ), 1937, monograph.
- O Principe com orelhas de burro ( The Prince with the donkey ears ), 1942, children's book.
- Benilde ou a virgem -mae ( Benilde or the Virgin Mother ), 1947, theater play.
- El- Rei Sebastiao ( King Sebastian ), 1949 stage play.
Translations into German
- Blind man's buff, novel, translated from the Portuguese and with an afterword by Sven Limbeck, Ivory Verlag, Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 3-932245-24-5
- The Prince with the donkey ears, novel, translated from the Portuguese by Astrid Schoregge, with an afterword by Sven Limbeck, Ivory Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-932245-55-5