Kalidás Barreto

Luís Maria Kalidás da Costa Barreto GOL (16 October 1932 – 30 October 2020)

Personal life Luís Maria Kalidás da Costa Barreto was born on 16 October 1932, in Montemor-o-Novo, Évora district. Montemor-o-Novo, distrito de Évora.

The son of the Goan intellectual Adeodato Barreto, his third name was a reference to Kalidasa, a renowned classical Sanskrit poet and playwright.

Education He underwent the Complementary Accounting and Commerce Course in Coimbra, and settled in Castanheira de Pera. He worked as a commercial director in several companies in that region, namely in the textile industry.

Political participation He began his political participation early. He participated in initiatives to oppose the then long-term dictatorship of António Salazar and Marcelo Caetano, as a member of the support committee for the candidacy of General Humberto Delgado to the Presidency of the Republic of Portugal, in 1958.

He later moved away from the Socialist Party and participated, in 1978, in the founding of the Union of the Left for Socialist Democracy (União da Esquerda para a Democracia Socialista, UEDS), later coming closer to the PS. A Organização Profissional dos Trabalhadores Têxteis de Leiria e Coimbra, 1987 Dr. Manuel Diniz Henriques, 1987 Monografia do Concelho de Castanheira de Pera, 1989 Dr. Ernesto Marreca David - o Homem e a Obra, 1993 Emprego, Modernização e Desenvolvimento, 1996 Fábrica da Várzea - Projecto de Museu Têxtil em Castanheira de Pera, 1999 Os Trabalhadores Laneiros do Distrito de Leiria, 2009 Os Presos políticos de Castanheira de Pera - 1949 Não Apaguem a Memória, 2009 Os Deputados de Leiria na Assembleia Constituinte, 1975-1976 (pref. Mário Soares), 2010 Manuel Lopes de Almeida : um castanheirense na luta pela República em 5 de outubro de 1910, 2011