Branca Eva de Gonta Syder Ribeiro Colaço (July 8, 1880 — March 22, 1945), better known as Branca de Gonta Colaço, was a Portuguese writer, scholar and linguist. She was the daughter of British Charlotte Ann Syder and Portuguese politician and writer Tomás Ribeiro and mother of the sculptor, Ana de Gonta Colaço.
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Biography
editDisplaying an early talent for revealing the letters, Branca de Gonta Colaço started out as a poet, and as a collaborator in literary journals, actively contributing to a large number of newspapers and magazines. She collaborated with many newspapers, especially The Day by José Augusto Moreira de Almeida and The Thalassa [1] (1913–1915) the humorous newspapers which were run by her husband. She also contributed to Fireside [2] (1901–1911), Illustração portugueza[3] (1903–1980) and Illustration[4] (1926–1975).
References
edit- ^ O Thalassa: semanario humoristico e de caricaturas (1913-1915) cópia digital, Hemeroteca Digital Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Serões: revista semanal ilustrada (1901-1911) cópia digital, Hemeroteca Digital Archived September 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Illustração portugueza (1903-1980) cópia digital, Hemeroteca Digital Archived May 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ilustração (1926-1975) cópia digital, Hemeroteca Municipal Archived September 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212609/http://www.marinha.pt/extra/revista/ra_mar2002/pag8.html (in Portuguese)
- Branca de Gonta Colaço at the Catálogo PORBASE: acesso por Identificadores Unívocos of the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (in Portuguese)