Nationality Portuguese Occupation Writer and poet | Name Maria Vaz | |
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Born 2 February 1847 Lisbon, Portugal Died 24 March 1921(1921-03-24) (aged 74)
Lisbon, Portugal | ||
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Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho (2 February 1847 – 24 March 1921) was a Portuguese writer and poet. She was the first woman to join the Portuguese Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa).
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- Toque de sa da vamos conhecer o liceu maria am lia vaz de carvalho
- Partida largada fugida corta mato escolar na es maria am lia vaz de carvalho
- Biographies
- Short story collections
- Literary criticism
- Education
- Essays
- Poetry
- References
The daughter of José Vaz de Carvalho and Maria Cristina de Almeida e Albuquerque, she was married to the poet António Cândido Gonçalves Crespo.
She wrote for several newspapers in Portugal (Diário Popular, Repórter, Artes e Letras) and Brazil (Jornal do Comércio, Rio de Janeiro), under the pseudonym Maria de Sucena.
As well as poetry, she wrote short stories, essays, biographies, and literary criticism. The collection of stories for children she wrote with her husband, Contos para os nossos filhos ("Tales for our Children", 1886) was approved by the Board of Public Instruction for use in schools.
Her house was the first literary salon in Lisbon; they were hosts to Eça de Queiroz, Camilo Castelo Branco, Ramalho Ortigão and Guerra Junqueiro.
In 1993, the municipality of Loures (where she had lived as a child) established a literary award in her name.