Maria Madalena Valdez Trigueiros de Martel Patrício (19 April 1884 – 3 November 1947) was a Portuguese novelist and poet who became the first Portuguese woman nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.[1][2]
Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício | |
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| Born | 19 April 1884 |
| Died | 3 November 1947 (aged 63) |
| Occupation(s) | novelist, poet |
Biography edit
Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício was born in Lisbon on 19 April 1884, into an aristocratic family with roots in Pombal.[1]
She married Francisco Ribas Patrício (1869-1960), judge and judge at the Lisbon Court of Appeal.[1]
She died on 3 November 1947.
Nobel Prize in Literature edit
Maria Magdalena became the first Portuguese woman to be nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature for the first time in 1934 by Bento Carqueja, a member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences. She also became the second most nominated Portuguese, having been nominated a total of 14 times over the 15 years (1934, 1935 and from 1937 to 1947) after the poet António Correia de Oliveira.[2]
Selected works edit
- O Livro do Passado Morto ("The Book of the Dead Past", 1915; republished in 1935)
- Impressões de Arte e de Tristeza ("Impressions of Art and Sadness", 1915)
- Sombras na Estrada ("Shadows on the Road", 1920)
- Poemas da Côr e do Silêncio ("Poems of Color and Silence", 1922)
- Os Sete Demónios ("The Seven Demons", 1926)
- Princesses du Portugal: souveraines de Flandres, 1430-1930 ("Princesses du Portugal: Souvenirs of Flanders, 1430-1930", 1930)
- Sagradas pedras ("Sacred Stones", 1930)
- O Espírito das Eras ("The Spirit of the Ages", 1931)
- Quando Eu Era Pequenina... ("When I Was Little...", 1935)
- Rosário da Vida ("Rosary of Life", 1935)
- O Espírito Medieval ("The Medieval Spirit", 1937)
- A nossa Amiga Lisboa ("Our Friend Lisbon", 1944)
References edit
- ^ a b c "Search : records for: Patrício, Maria Madalena Trigueiros de Martel, 1884-?". PORBASE - National Bibliographic Data Base. Accessed on 17 November 2023
- ^ a b "Nomination archive – Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício". nobelprize.org. April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
External links edit
- Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício at Goodreads
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