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Natália de Oliveira Correia (born September 13, 1923 – died March 16, 1993) was an important Portuguese writer, poet, and activist. She was also the person who wrote the words for the "Hino dos Açores", which is the official song of the Azores islands.
Natália Correia worked in many different areas of media in Portugal. She also worked with many famous people from Portugal and other countries. She was a member of the Portuguese Parliament from 1980 to 1991. There, she often spoke up for art, culture, human rights, and women's rights. She helped start a group called FNDC, which stood for the National Front for the Defense of Culture. She was a key person in the art world, meeting with many important figures in Portuguese culture and literature during the 1950s and 1960s. Her writings have been translated into many languages.
Biography
Natália Correia was born in Fajã de Baixo, a town in Ponta Delgada, on São Miguel Island in the Azores. Her mother, Maria José de Oliveira, was a primary school teacher who also wrote some successful romance stories.
When Natália was eleven, she moved to Lisbon with her mother and older sister. Her father moved to Brazil. In Lisbon, Natália started her studies and quickly became very interested in literature, especially poetry. She published her first book for children, called A Grande Aventura de Um Pequeno Herói.
Natália Correia had a wide-ranging career in the arts. She worked in drama, wrote novels, translated books, and was a journalist and editor. She became very familiar with all types of media, including television. She even had a TV program called Mátria. On this show, she shared her own unique ideas about feminism, which is about supporting equal rights for women.
Natália loved the natural beauty of her home island. This love shows up clearly in her writings, in the themes, images, and symbols she used. She was also inspired by other writers from her home region. Her work was influenced by surrealism, a style of art that explores dreams and the imagination. She was also inspired by old Galician-Portuguese poetry and mysticism, which is about spiritual understanding. Her writings covered many styles, from romantic poetry to funny satire. She wrote in many different forms, including poetry, essays, and plays.
Natália was a strong speaker and a fighter for what she believed in. She became active in groups that opposed the Estado Novo regime. This was a strict government that ruled Portugal for many years. She joined the Movement for Democratic Unity in 1945. She also supported candidates who ran against the government in presidential elections, like General José Norton de Matos in 1949 and Humberto Delgado in 1958. She also joined the Electoral Commission of the Democratic Unity in 1969.
Natália was also involved in publishing Novas Cartas Portuguesas (New Portuguese Letters). This book was written by three women and caused a lot of discussion. Natália was in charge of publications for Editora Arcádia, which was a very important Portuguese publisher at the time.
In 1971, Natália and some friends opened a place called Bar Botequim. This bar became a popular meeting spot for many Portuguese writers and thinkers during the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1980, she was elected to the Portuguese Parliament. She was a member of the PPD, which is the Social Democratic Party.
Natália Correia was friends with many famous artists and writers. Some of her friends included António Sérgio, José de Almada Negreiros, Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Ary dos Santos, and the famous singer Amália Rodrigues. Her home was also visited by well-known international writers like Henry Miller and Graham Greene.
In 1991, Natália Correia received a major award for poetry from the Portuguese Writers Association. This was for her book Sonetos Românticos (Romantic Sonnets). In the same year, she was given the Ordem da Liberdade (Order of Liberty), which is a high honor. She had already received the Ordem de Santiago (Order of St. James).
Natália Correia was married four times. Her most important relationship was with Alfredo Machado, who was much older than her.
Natália Correia passed away on March 16, 1993, in Lisbon, from a heart attack. She had just returned from the Bar Botequim. In her will, she left many of her belongings to the Azores region. There is a special exhibit in the Public Library and Regional Archive in Ponta Delgada that celebrates her life and writings. This place holds many of her literary works, including some that were never published, along with personal documents, pictures, and letters. It also has many art pieces from her own private library.
Literature
- Grandes Aventuras de um Pequeno Herói (infantile romance), 1945
- Anoiteceu no Bairro (romance), 1946 ; 2004
- Rio de Nuvens (poem), 1947
- Descobri Que Era Europeia: impressões duma viagem à América, 1951 ; 2002
- Sucubina ou a Teoria do Chapéu (theatrical), with Manuel de Lima, 1952
- Poemas (poem), 1955
- Dimensão Encontrada (poem), 1957
- O Progresso de Édipo (dramatic poem), 1957
- Passaporte (poem), 1958
- Poesia de Arte e Realismo Poético (essay), 1959
- Comunicação (dramatic poem), 1959
- Cântico do País Emerso (poem), 1961
- A Questão Académica de 1907 (essay), 1962
- Antologia de Poesia Portuguesa Erótica e Satírica: dos cancioneiros medievais à actualidade (anthology), 1965 ; 2000
- O Homúnculo, tragédia jocosa (theatrical), 1965
- Mátria (poem), 1967 a
- A Madona (romance), 1968 ; 2000
- O Encoberto (theatrical), 1969 ; 1977
- O Vinho e a Lira (poem), 1969
- Cantares dos Trovadores Galego-Portugueses (anthology), 1970 ; 1998
- As Maçãs de Orestes (poem), 1970
- Trovas de D. Dinis, [Trobas d'el Rey D. Denis] (poem), 1970
- A Mosca Iluminada (poem), 1972
- O Surrealismo na Poesia Portuguesa (anthology), 1973 ; 2002
- A Mulher, antologia poética (anthology), 1973
- O Anjo do Ocidente à Entrada do Ferro (poem), 197llc3
- Uma Estátua para Herodes (Ensaio), 1974
- Poemas a Rebate, (poem), 1975
- Epístola aos Iamitas (poem), 1976
- Não Percas a Rosa. Diário e algo mais (25 de Abril de 1974 - 20 de Dezembro de 1975) (diary), 1978 ; 2003
- O Dilúvio e a Pomba (poem), 1979
- Erros Meus, Má Fortuna, Amor Ardente (theatrical), 1981 ; 1991
- Antologia de Poesia do Período Barroco (anthology), 1982
- Notas para uma Introdução às Cantigas de Escárnio e de Mal-Dizer Galego-Portuguesas (essay), 1982
- A Ilha de Sam Nunca: atlantismo e insularidade na poesia de António de Sousa (anthology), 1982
- A Ilha de Circe (romance), 1983 ; 2001
- A Pécora, play written in 1967 (theatrical), 1983 ; 1990
- O Armistício (poem), 1985 a
- Onde está o Menino Jesus? , 1987
- Somos Todos Hispanos (essay), 1988 ; 2003
- Sonetos Românticos (poem), 1990 ; 1991
- As Núpcias (Romance), 1992
- O Sol nas Noites e o Luar nos Dias (complete poem), 1993 ; 2000
- Memória da Sombra, versos para esculturas de António Matos (poem), 1993l
- D. João e Julieta, peça escrita em 1959 (theatrical), 1999
- A Ibericidade na Dramaturgia Portuguesa (essay), 2000
- Breve História da Mulher e outros escritos (anthology), 2003
- A Estrela de Cada Um (anthology), 2004
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