LIVES OF THE PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING WORLD
INTRODUCTION
After having installed 43 biographies on our
site, in the Portuguese language, VIDAS LUSÓFONAS (LIVES OF THE
PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING WORLD) is now launching its English Version. To us,
the Internet is not simply a ship on which we can navigate throughout the
World. We also want the World
to begin navigating on this particular sea whose waters touch the many
shores where the Portuguese language is spoken.
We estimate that the English Version will grow at the rate
of 1 or 2 biographies each month. We believe
that, with this initiative, our site will be increasingly visited by the
descendants of the Portuguese Diaspora, wherever they may be. And, we hope, by others as
well...
It is our
belief that historical precision is not limited to the prose of a notary
public nor to an entry in an encyclopedia. In our thinking, we can share our
lives through important figures of our common past, wherever they may have
come from in the Portuguese-speaking world. Here, we intend to tell the story
of an endless number of Portuguese-speaking people, regardless of
nationality, who contributed significantly to a human endeavor, to a
country or to an era. Each
biography will observe historical accuracy mixed with a touch of
imagination by transposing the action to the present - the effect is much
greater when dealing with what is happening than with something that
happened long ago. Everything
is "now", a half-dozen pages for each figure, with the impact of the short
story; conciseness is the
word.
This site
is not a History book. It is,
rather, a gallery of portraits recreated from clues handed down to us by
History. Plutarch and Tacitus
were the pioneers: each life has its own story. To which we add: and everything is happening,
now...
Fernando Correia
da Silva
AFONSO HENRIQUES
ALEXANDRE
0'NEILL
AMÁLIA
RODRIGUES
AMÍLCAR
CABRAL
ANTÓNIO FRANCISCO
LISBOA
CÂNDIDO
RONDON
CECÍLIA
MEIRELES
CÂNDIDO
PORTINARI
CLARICE
LISPECTOR
EÇA DE
QUEIROZ FERNANDO
PESSOA
FLORBELA
ESPANCA
GARCIA DA
ORTA
GRACILIANO RAMOS
MACHADO DE
ASSIS
MIGUEL
TORGA
MONTEIRO
LOBATO
Navigator, 1476 (?) - 1520 (?)
PÊRO DA
COVILHÃ
Pioneer airman: 1881 - 1922
Navigator and Warrior, 1468 (?) - 1524
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