António José Branquinho da Fonseca (4 May 1905 – 7 May 1974) was a Portuguese writer. Some of his early works were published under the pseudonym António Madeira. [1] He is best remembered as the first editor of Presença, [2] "one of the most important, if not the most important, Portuguese literary reviews of the twentieth century", [3] and for the novella The Baron. [1]
He was the son of the writer Tomás da Fonseca. [2] He studied law at the University of Coimbra where he met José Régio and João Gaspar Simões. In 1923–1924 he co-founded the literary review Tríptico which lasted until 1925. [3] In 1927 he and Gaspar Simões founded the literary review Presença [1] and he served as its first editor. [2] He left Presença in 1930 to edit the review journal Sinal (1930) with fellow Presença outcast Miguel Torga. Later he was a main contributor of Manifesto (1936–1938). [1] [3]
António José Branquinho da Fonseca (4 May 1905 – 7 May 1974) was a Portuguese writer. Some of his early works were published under the pseudonym António Madeira. [1] He is best remembered as the first editor of Presença, [2] "one of the most important, if not the most important, Portuguese literary reviews of the twentieth century", [3] and for the novella The Baron. [1]
He was the son of the writer Tomás da Fonseca. [2] He studied law at the University of Coimbra where he met José Régio and João Gaspar Simões. In 1923–1924 he co-founded the literary review Tríptico which lasted until 1925. [3] In 1927 he and Gaspar Simões founded the literary review Presença [1] and he served as its first editor. [2] He left Presença in 1930 to edit the review journal Sinal (1930) with fellow Presença outcast Miguel Torga. Later he was a main contributor of Manifesto (1936–1938). [1] [3]