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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alves_Redol > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alves_Redol.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alves_Redol > Source revision: 1336702195 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Portuguese neorealist writer (1911–1969)}} {{Infobox person |name = António Alves Redol |image = Alves Redol - San Payo (Arquivo de Documentação Fotográfica, DGPC).png |image_size = |caption = Alves Redol, portrait by [San Payo](/source/Manuel_Alves_de_San_Payo) |birth_name = |birth_date = 29 December 1911 |birth_place = [Vila Franca de Xira](/source/Vila_Franca_de_Xira), [Portugal](/source/First_Portuguese_Republic) |death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|11|29|1911|12|29|df=y}} |death_place = [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon), [Portugal](/source/Estado_Novo_(Portugal)) |occupation = Writer |known_for = |signature = }} '''António Alves Redol''' (29{{nbsp}}December 1911{{snd}}29{{nbsp}}November 1969) was a Portuguese [neorealist](/source/neorealism_(art)) writer. ==Life== Redol was born in 1911 in [Vila Franca de Xira](/source/Vila_Franca_de_Xira) to Antonio Redol da Cruz, a shopkeeper, and Inocência Alves Redol.{{Cite news|url=https://www.visitbaiao.pt/en/2017/05/08/alves-redol/|title=Alves Redol - Visit Baião|date=2017-05-08|work=Visit Baião|access-date=2018-06-27|language=en-US}} When he was fifteen, his articles were published in the local weekly newspaper, {{lang|pt|Vida Ribatejana}}. After finishing secondary school in 1927, he traveled to [Portuguese Angola](/source/Portuguese_Angola) where he stayed for three years. His stay in Angola influenced Redol's worldview and later literature. In 1936, he married Maria dos Santos Mota. === Early work, 1930–1940 === Redol published stories in the newspapers {{lang|pt|O Diabo}} and {{lang|pt|Sol Nascente}} in which he identified with the opposition to the [Estado Novo](/source/Estado_Novo_(Portugal)). On 29 November 1936, in his first collaboration with {{lang|pt|O Diabo}}, the short story {{lang|pt|Kangondo}} was published. Kangondo had an African feel. Redol continued to work with the newspapers to publish chronicles and tales about the social issues in [Ribatejo](/source/Ribatejo). Redol would not become known for his work as a journalist; instead, he became famous for his novels. In 1939, he published his first book, {{lang|pt|Gaibéus}}.[http://aminhaestante.blogspot.com/2012/04/gaibeus-alves-redol.html Gaibéus - 1939] According to the author, {{lang|pt|Gaibéus}} was not intended as a piece of art, but rather as a report of the way of life of the peasants in Ribatejo.{{cite web |url=https://www.passeiweb.com/estudos/livros/gaibeus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914163141/http://www.passeiweb.com/estudos/livros/gaibeus |archive-date=2016-09-14 |title=Gaibéus, de Alves Redol - Passeiweb}} This novel started a series of works of fiction depicting the difficult lives of peasants and fishermen in Portugal in the first half of the 20th century: {{lang|pt|Marés}} (1941), {{lang|pt|Avieiros}} (1942), and {{lang|pt|Fanga}} (1943). === 1940—1950 === The publication of {{lang|pt|Fanga}} in 1943 coincided with the birth of his only son, António. Redol's work is characterized by his commitment to study real-world experiences. Redol would meet with agricultural workers, such as the rice field workers near the [Tagus river](/source/Tagus_river), and hear about their stories and experiences. At the beginning of the 1940s, he joined the [Portuguese Communist Party](/source/Portuguese_Communist_Party) although it was then illegal to do so. Redol was arrested in May 1944. In November 1945, Redol was called to the Central Committee of the [Movement of Democratic Unity](/source/Movement_of_Democratic_Unity) ({{lang|pt|Movimento de Unidade Democrática}}) and chose to actively participate in the campaigns for the fake elections held by the [Salazar](/source/Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Oliveira_Salazar) regime. In 1947, he was nominated for the position of Secretary-General of the Portuguese section of [International PEN](/source/International_PEN). In 1948, he participated in the [World Congress of Intellectuals for Peace](/source/World_Congress_of_Intellectuals_for_Peace) held in Wrocław, Poland. Redol published the novel {{lang|pt|Horizonte Cerrado}} in 1948; it was the first volume of a trilogy about the Portuguese wine-making region of [Douro](/source/Douro_DOC). {{lang|pt|Os Homens e as Sombras}} (1951) and {{lang|pt|Vindima de Sangue}} (1953) completed the self-styled [port wine](/source/port_wine) cycle. He won the Ricardo Malheiros Prize for {{lang|pt|Horizonte Cerrado}}. === Later work, 1950–1970 === Alves Redol's later works include {{lang|pt|A Barca dos Sete Lemes}} (1958), {{lang|pt|Uma Fenda na Muralha}} (1959), and finally, {{lang|pt|Barranco de Cegos}} (1962), considered the pinnacle of his work. {{lang|pt|A Barca dos Sete Lemes}} was translated into [English](/source/English_language) by [Linton Lomas Barrett](/source/Linton_Lomas_Barrett) and published as ''A Man with Seven Names'' by [Knopf](/source/Alfred_A._Knopf) in 1964. Alves Redol died in [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon) in 1969. ==Works== ===Novels=== *{{lang|pt|Gaibéus}} (1939) *{{lang|pt|Marés}} (1941) *{{lang|pt|Avieiros}} (1942) *{{lang|pt|Fanga}} (1943) *{{lang|pt|Anúncio}} (1945) *{{lang|pt|Porto Manso}} (1946) *{{lang|pt|Horizonte Cerrado}} (1949) *{{lang|pt|Os Homens e as Sombras}} (1951) *{{lang|pt|Vindima de Sangue}} (1953) *{{lang|pt|Olhos de Água}} (1954) *{{lang|pt|A Barca dos Sete Lemes}} (1958) *{{lang|pt|Uma Fenda na Muralha}} (1959) *{{lang|pt|Cavalo Espantado}} (1960) *{{lang|pt|Barranco de Cegos}} (1961) *{{lang|pt|O Muro Branco}} (1966) *{{lang|pt|Os Reinegros}} (1972) ===Theatre=== *{{lang|pt|Maria Emília}} (1945) *{{lang|pt|Forja}} (1948) *{{lang|pt|O Destino Morreu de Repente}} (1967) *{{lang|pt|Fronteira Fechada}} (1972) ===Short stories=== *{{lang|pt|Nasci com Passaporte de Turista}} (1940) *{{lang|pt|Espólio}} (1943) *{{lang|pt|Comboio das Seis}} (1946) *{{lang|pt|Noite Esquecida}} (1959) *{{lang|pt|Constantino Guardador de Vacas e de Sonhos}} (1962) *{{lang|pt|Histórias Afluentes}} (1963) *{{lang|pt|Três Contos de Dentes}} (1968) ===Children's literature=== *{{lang|pt|A Vida Mágica da Sementinha}} (1956) *{{lang|pt|A Flor Vai Ver o Mar}} (1968) *{{lang|pt|A Flor Vai Pescar Num Bote}} (1968) *{{lang|pt|Uma Flor Chamada Maria}} (1969) *{{lang|pt|Maria Flor Abre o Livro das Surpresas}} (1970) ===Essays=== *{{lang|pt|Glória - Uma Aldeia do Ribatejo}} (1938) *{{lang|pt|A França - Da Resistência à Renascença}} (1949) *{{lang|pt|Cancioneiro do Ribatejo}} (1950) *{{lang|pt|Ribatejo (Em Portugal Maravilhoso)}} (1952) *{{lang|pt|Romanceiro Geral do Povo Português}} (1959) ===Screenplays=== *{{lang|pt|Nazaré}} (1952) *{{lang|pt|Avieiros}} (1975) ===Conferences=== *{{lang|pt|Le Roman du Tage}} (Edited by Union Française Universitaire - Paris) (1946) ==Sources== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.alvesredol.com Alves Redol homepage] (Portuguese) *[http://www.infopedia.pt/$alves-redol Redol @ Infopédia] (Portuguese) *[http://issuu.com/cmvfx/docs/alves_redol?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true Programme for the Alves Redol centenary] (in Portuguese, but amply illustrated) *{{IMDb name|0715111}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Redol, Alves}} Category:1911 births Category:1969 deaths Category:People from Vila Franca de Xira Category:Portuguese male writers Category:Portuguese Communist Party politicians Category:Portuguese anti-fascists Category:20th-century Portuguese writers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alves Redol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alves_Redol) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alves_Redol?action=history)). 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