JOÃO HENRIQUE PEREIRA VILLARET was born in Lisbon, on
10 May 1913, soon revealing an artistic vocation. From a young age, he tested
his talent at a small amateur theatre group based on the ground floor of the
building where he was born. João Villaret completed a Degree in Drama at the
Conservatório Nacional (Portuguese Conservatory) at the age of 18, having made
his first theatrical appearance in 1931, at the Teatro Nacional Almeida Garrett
(Almeida Garrett Theatre).
With a 30-year-long, dazzling career, João Villaret
was considered the most prominent actor of his generation, having achieved true
stardom in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique and Argentina.
João Villaret was a versatile actor, having performed
in classical plays, comic plays and music hall shows, as well as in the cinema,
radio and television. A theatre actor above all, João Villaret also
distinguished himself as a poetry reader, having earned the respect and
admiration of poets and public alike. He died in Lisbon, on 21 January 1961, at
the age of 47.
ILSE LOSA was born on 20 March 1913, in Northern
Germany. Persecuted by the Nazis for being the daughter of Jewish couple, Ilse
Losa escaped to Portugal in 1934, where her brother would introduce her to a
group of people who attended the Belas Artes (School of Fine Arts). It would be
through this group that Ilse Losa would meet her future husband, architect
Arménio Losa, and continue to make friends within an intellectual circle that
opposed the political regime of the time.
Having decided to write in Portuguese, Ilse Losa had
lessons with Professor Óscar Lopes. After publishing her first novel, O mundo
em que vivi (“The world in which I have lived”), in 1943, Ilse Losa continued
to write novels, tales, children’s books and articles for newspapers.
In the 80’s, Afrontamento republished Ilse Losa’s
works for adult readers and Asa hired her to manage a collection of books for
young adults, which included some of her own works, as well as works by invited
authors and illustrators. From this period onwards, Ilse Losa would dedicate
herself mostly to children’s books.
Ilse Losa’s writing evolved considerably over a period
that spanned more than 30 years of her life, due to her continued study of the
Portuguese language and to her reading of works by Portuguese writers, leading
this author to embrace the lengthy project of rewriting all her works.
Ilse Losa received several decorations and awards,
such as the Great Gulbenkian Award for her children’s books and ,in 1998, the
Great Chronicle Award of the Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (APE) for the
book À Flor do Tempo.
JOÃO dos Santos was born in Lisbon on 15 September
1913. He was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst and was the founder of modern
Child Mental Health and Child Psychiatry in Portugal. He received degrees in
Physical Education and Medicine. Worked with Vítor Fontes at the Costa Ferreira
Institute and Barahona Fernandes at the Júlio de Matos Hospital with
responsibility for Child Mental Health.
Barred from public office for his political views,
became a researcher in the French Scientific esearch Centre and worked with Henri Wallon,
Serge Lebovici, the pioneer of Child Psychoanalysis in France, and others.
Returned to Portugal in 1950 and created children’s
organizations such as Eduardo Claparède College, Helen Keller Centre and the
Portuguese Association for the Disabled. Helped set up the first Children
Mental Health Services in Portugal and was a founder of the Portuguese
Psychoanalytical Society. Was a Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and
Education Science and the National School for Public Health.
EDGAR ANTONIO DE MESQUITA CARDOSO was born in Porto,
on 11 May 1913. After finishing a Degree in Civil Engineering, in 1937, with
final classification of 95%, following an apprenticeship at the Junta Autónoma
de Estradas (JAE) (Portuguese Road Council), Edgar Cardoso started working at
this institution as a third-class engineer, in 1938.
Edgar Cardoso applied for a Professorship at the
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) (Higher Technical Education Institute) in
December 1951, having become Professor of Bridges and Special Structures on 22
December of that year.
Edgar Cardoso proposed the experimental method using
small-size models as the most effective way of studying the behaviour of their
real-life equivalents, having designed more than 500 structures, considered as
veritable works of art, throughout his professional life, including bridges,
ports, airports and large buildings, all across the world.
Edgar Cardoso received an Honorary Degree by the
University of Rio de Janeiro, was a member of the Academia de Ciências de
Lisboa (Lisbon Academy of Sciences) and received the highest national and
international awards. The chief advocate of a new paradigm in the field of
structural engineering, Edgar Cardoso brought recognition to his country and to
the scientific community to which he belonged.
RAÚL RÊGO – Journalist, republican, democrat and
winner of the Gold Quill Award for Freedom (1976).
Raúl d’Assunção Pimenta Rêgo (Morais, 15 April 1913
– Lisbon, 1 February 2002). Raul Rêgo finished a Degree
in Theology (1936) but was never ordained and soon severed ties with the
church.
Having started his career as a teacher – a profession
he was forced to abandon due to Government pressure –, Raúl Rêgo later pursued
a career as a journalist, having worked for the Seara Nova, Reuters, Jornal do
Comércio and Diário de Lisboa newspapers and eventually becoming the Director
of República (1971) and A Luta (1975).
An opponent of the Fascist Regime, Raúl Rêgo was
arrested on three different occasions. A founder of the Socialist Party, he
became a Minister and a Parliament Member after the April 25th Revolution.
Raúl Rêgo joined the Freemasons (1971, G.O.L.), having
risen to the positions of Sovereign Grand Commander and Grand Master.
A humanist, Raúl Rêgo held Erasmus as an example and
was passionate about books, which he collected and studied, being considered
one of the great Portuguese bibliophiles.
Raúl Rêgo placed human dignity above his own
interests, firstly by condemning the acts of the Inquisition (which he compared
to the political police), and later by defending the right to freedom of
conscience before the Portuguese Parliament.
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Date of Issue: 16 April 2013
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