Antónia Pusich
Antónia Pusich | |
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| Born | Antónia Gertrudes Pusich 1 October 1805 |
| Died | October 6, 1883 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Occupation | Poet, dramaturgist, journalist, pianist, composer |
Antónia Gertrudes Pusich (1 October 1805 – 6 October 1883) was a Portuguese poet, dramaturgist, journalist, pianist and composer.[1][2]
Biography[]
She was born on the Island of São Nicolau, which used to be part of Portuguese Cape Verde. Daughter of the archipelago's colonial governor who was born in Dubrovnik, Croatia (then Ragusa which belonged to the Republic of Ragusa) and Ana Maria Isabel Nunes. She married João Cardoso de Almeida Amado Viana Coelho in 1820 and had six children including João António, Antónia, Alfredo, Maria, Ana and Ema.[3] She later married Francisco Teixeira Henriques and had only one son, Miguel Pusich Henriques Teixeira.[3] She later married José Roberto de Melo Fernandes e Almeida in 1836 and had four sons, António Pusich de Melo, Antónia Pusich de Melo, Ana Isabel Filomena Pusich de Melo e Maria Amélia Pusich de Melo.[3]
As a poetess, she marked a novelistic influence in Portugal.[1] and dared to show her real name, not a pseudonym which was custom at the time.[4][5]
She was the first mother in Portugal that founded and headed a journal.
She took plart in several periodicals including (Package from Tejo).[6] Revista universal lisbonense : jornal dos interesses physicos, moraes e litterarios por uma sociedade estudiosa,[6] and Almanach (Modern Portuguese: Almanaco), having been ridector and owner of periodicals A assemblea literaria [Literary Assembly, Modern Portuguese: A assembleia literária], A Beneficiência and A Cruzada.
Named after[]
- A street is named after in the neighbourhood of Alvalade, in the city of Lisbon, Portugal, also streets are named after here, in the subdivision of Fetal, Charneca de Caparica in Almada[7] and in Pinhal General in Fernão Ferro in Seixal.[8]
Works[]
- Source:[3]
- Olinda ou a Abadia de Cumnor Place [Olinda or Abbot of Cumnor Place] (poem)
- Irminio e Edgarde, ou doys mistérios [Irminio and Edgarde and Two Mysteries] (novel)
- O Regedor da Paróquia (drama/theatre) (drama/teatro)
- Constança ou o Amor Maternal (Constance of the Maternal Love) (drama/theatre)
- Saudade em memoria da virtuosa Rainha a senhora D. Estephania (Health in Memory of the Virtuous Queen Mme. D. Estefánia)
- Canto saudoso ou lamentos na solidão á memoria do Dom Pedro Quinto
- Biographia do marechal A. Pusich (Biography of Marshal A. Pusich', Modern Portuguese: Biografia do marechal A. Pusich)
- 'Homenagem a Luís de Camões (Hommage to Luís de Camões)
- Poesia a S. M. El-Rey Fidelissimo o Sr. D. Fernando no seu dia natalicio no anno de 1848
- Homenagem a Sua Magestade a Rainha de Portugal Dona Estephania (Modern Portuguese: Homenagem a Sua Magestade a Rainha de Portugal Dona Estefánia)
- Galeria das senhoras na Câmara dos senhores deputados, ou as minhas observações
- Elegia à morte das infelizes victimas assassinadas por Francisco de Mattos Lobo, na noute de 25 de Julho de 1841
- Elegia à morte de D. Marianna de Sousa Holstein (Elegy on the Death of D. Marianna de Sousa Holstein)
- Elegia à Morte da Duqueza de Palmella (Modern Portuguese: Elegia a Morte da Duqueza de Palmela, Elegy on the Death of the Duchess of Palmela)
- O Sonho ou os gemidos das classes inactivas
- Preces ou Cântico Devoto dedicado aos Fiéis Portugueses
- Lamentos à saudosa memoria de d. Maria Henriqueta do Casal Ribeiro
- Parabéns a Sua Magestade o Senhor D. Fernando pelo consorcio de Sua Augusta Filha a Princeza D. Marianna
- Apontamentos biographicos e poesia, sobre o infeliz José Pedro de Senna, capitão do brigue Marianna, naufragado em Aveiro
- A conquista de Túnis (The Conquest of Tunis) [4]
- Júlia
- À minha pátria, memoria sobre um ramo de agricultura e commercio
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Antónia Gertrudes Pusich" (in Portuguese). Director-General of the Books, Archives and Libraries. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ Antónia Pusich at Infopedia (in Portuguese), accessed 18 April 2018
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Antónia Gertrudes Pusich, Portuguese Women Writers before 1900., accessed 24 April 2018
- ^ "A assemblea litteraria : jornal de instrucção / D. A. G. Pusich" (in Portuguese). National Library of Portugal. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "A Rua da 1ª mulher que ousou o seu nome no cabeçalho de um jornal" Toponímia de Lisboa (in Portuguese), accessed 18 April 2018
- ^ Jump up to: a b Author index: / Pusich, Antónia Gertrudes, 1805-1883 (in Portuguese). Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Antónia Pusich (Rua) Archived 26 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Roteiro de Almada. (in Portuguese), accessed 25 April 2018
- ^ Toponym of a Woman in the Setúbal region, Centro de Informação e Documentação da CIG, accessed 25 April 2018
Further reading[]
- Pusich, Antónia Gertrudes (1805–83) in "Grande Enciclopédia Universal" Vol. 16, Edita Durclub, S.A. ISBN 972-747-928-6
External links[]
- Antónia Pusich at Infopedia
- Homenagem a Sua Magestade a Rainha de Portugal Dona Estephania, digital work (in Portuguese)
- In memoriam to the curated Antonià Gertrudes Pusich (in Portuguese)
- Portrait of Antónia Pusich for Sinta Barbara in the magazine O Ocidente (The Western) at Hemeroteca Digital (in Portuguese)
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- 19th-century Portuguese dramatists and playwrights
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- Portuguese people of Croatian descent