António Eça de Queiroz
António de Eça de Queiroz or de Queirós (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔnju dɨ ˈɛsɐ dɨ kɐi̯ˈɾɔʃ]) (28 December 1891 – 16 May 1968) was a Portuguese monarchist politician, writer and official in Salazar's Estado Novo.
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Biography
Early life and education
António Eça de Queiroz was born in Paris, the son of celebrated realist author José Maria de Eça de Queiroz and his wife Emília de Castro. He was educated at a polytechnic school in Portugal before entering militia officer training.[1]
Politics
He became associated with the monarchist cause from an early age and was involved in the incursions which culminated in the Royalist attack on Chaves in 1912. As a result, he spent most of the period 1910 to 1915 in exile.[1] He would continue his involvement in such activity throughout the decade, notably in Porto between 1919 and 1920.[1] He took part in the National Revolution and then a further uprising in Porto in February 1927 designed to push the government towards more monarchist policies.[1]
Eça de Queiroz was a strong supporter of the Salazar government and he sought office in the new government when it took charge in 1932. Initially however he was only employed at a low level, representing Portugal at world fairs and similar events.[1] He was the head of Salazar's official youth movement, the Acção Escolar Vanguarda.[2] In this capacity he represented Portugal at the 1934 Montreux Fascist conference as an observer, despite Salazar officially disavowing fascism.[3] At the time Eça de Queiroz was flirting with the National Syndicalists and it was as a representative of this group that he was announced at the conference.[1] After the meeting he became secretary of the Comitati d'Azione per l'Universalità di Roma (CAUR), or the Action Committees for the Universality of Rome for Portugal, although Eugénio de Castro was President.[4]
Public service
Eça de Queiroz was promoted in 1943 to the role of sub-director of the Secretariat for National Propaganda.[1] In this role he became one of the most important figures in the Press Department of the Estado Novo.[5] In 1951 he was appointed Chairman of the Emissora Nacional de Radiofusão ("National Broadcasting Station"), a role he held until 1959. In this position he was effectively head of broadcasting in Portugal.[1] It was also under Eça de Queiroz that television in Portugal was first introduced. He left government after this, although he continued to write for a number of journals and newspapers.[1]
Works
- Na Fronteira (1915)
- Rodolpho Maria: O Anarchista (1916; novel)
- Farça Tragica (1917)
- Caim (1922; novel)
- Crueldade (1933; novel)
- O Ressurgimento do Espírito Nacional pelo Fortalecimento do Espírito Legionário (1942)
- Desafronta à Memória de Eça de Queiroz (1950)
Notes
Footnotes
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890, 1990, p. 108
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- ↑ Stanley G. Payne, A History of Fascism 1914-1945, p. 315
- ↑ L. F. Bruyning & Joseph Theodoor Leerssen, Italy - Europe, 1990, p. 109
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