Article Nº 3756 Writer, journalist or scholar Vol. III · p. 696

Vieira (Francisco)

Writer, journalist or scholar

Short notice of Francisco Vieira, Madeiran poet who died in Funchal in 1889 and published several verse collections.

Madeiran poet who died in Funchal, aged about 40, on 13 November 1889. He contributed to several Madeiran newspapers, especially the periodical A Verdade (‘Truth’), and published the Album Madeirense, poems by various authors (Funchal, 1884), Prelúdios poéticos and Petalas (Funchal, 1887).

People mentioned

Vieira Portuense d. 1889

Places mentioned

Funchal

Chronology

1884 The Álbum Madeirense, an anthology of Madeiran poets compiled by Francisco Vieira, was published in Funchal.
1887 Henrique Félix Freitas Vale published 'A Crise Agrícola da Madeira', and Francisco Vieira published 'Petalas'.
13 November 1889 Francisco Vieira died in Funchal.

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