Article Nº 1534 Writer, journalist or scholar Vol. II · p. 97
França (Alfredo de)
Poet and journalist born in Faial in 1883, author of verse pamphlets, editor at O Século of Lisbon and senior official in the Ministry of the Colonies.
He belongs to an old family of the parish (freguesia) of Faial, where he was born on 14 December 1883, the son of Alfredo Abel de França. He studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (Universidade de Coimbra) but did not take the degree of bachelor (bacharel, university graduate). While still a student he published the verse pamphlets Poema Rubro, A Imagem and o Pagem. He has contributed to many newspapers and is at present an editor of O Século, of Lisbon. He is a senior official of the Ministry of the Colonies. (1921).
People mentioned
- Alfredo Abel de França b. 1883