Joaquim Soeiro Pereira Gomes (14 April 1909 - 5 December 1949) was a Portuguese writer of realist influence and became one of the major names of Portuguese literature of the 20th century. Pereira Gomes is, along with Alves Redol, the biggest name of the Portuguese neo-realist movement. He was also a communist militant and that was always present in its work, the Portuguese Communist Party headquarters (Soeiro Pereira Gomes Building), in Lisbon, a...
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Joaquim Soeiro Pereira Gomes (14 April 1909 - 5 December 1949) was a Portuguese writer of realist influence and became one of the major names of Portuguese literature of the 20th century. Pereira Gomes is, along with Alves Redol, the biggest name of the Portuguese neo-realist movement. He was also a communist militant and that was always present in its work, the Portuguese Communist Party headquarters (Soeiro Pereira Gomes Building), in Lisbon, are named after him.
Soeiro was born in Gestaçô, Porto, son of two farmers, because of that he studied in the Agricultural School in Coimbra, after finishing his studies he emigrated to Angola where he worked for one year before returning to Portugal. He then settled in Alhandra, working in the local cement plant, where he developed an intense campaign of cultural dynamization among the workers.
But what really made him remarkable was his work as a writer and his influence among the Portuguese socialist realism. In 1939, with only 20 years, he...
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