Branca Eva de Gonta Syder Ribeiro Colaço (July 8, 1880 — March 22, 1945), better known as Branca de Gonta Colaço, was a Portuguese writer, scholar and linguist. She was the daughter of British Charlotte Ann Syder and Portuguese politician and writer Tomás Ribeiro and mother of the sculptor, Ana de Gonta Colaço.

Biography

Displaying an early talent for revealing the letters, Branca de Gonta Colaço started out as a poet, and as a collaborator in literary journals, actively contributing to a large number of newspapers and magazines. She collaborated with many newspapers, especially The Day by José Augusto Moreira de Almeida and The Thalassa (1913–1915) the humorous newspapers which were run by her husband. She also contributed to Fireside (1901–1911), Illustração portugueza (1903–1980) and Illustration (1926–1975).

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References

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212609/http://www.marinha.pt/extra/revista/ra_mar2002/pag8.html (in Portuguese) Branca de Gonta Colaço at the Catálogo PORBASE: acesso por Identificadores Unívocos of the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (in Portuguese)

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1880 births

1945 deaths

19th-century Portuguese women writers

20th-century linguists

20th-century Portuguese poets

20th-century Portuguese women writers

Linguists from Portugal

Portuguese people of British descent

Portuguese women poets

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