Mário Dionísio

Mário Dionísio de Assis Monteiro (July 16, 1916, in Lisbon, Portugal – November 17, 1993, in Lisbon, Portugal) was a Portuguese critic, writer, painter, and professor.

Also a poet, novelist, and essayist, Mário Dionísio had a significant civic and cultural impact on 20th-century Portugal, particularly in literature and art.

Biography Mário Dionísio de Assis Monteiro was born on July 16, 1916, in Lisbon.

He was the son of Eurico Monteiro, a merchant and militia officer in the Military Administration, and Julieta Goulart Parreira Monteiro, a homemaker who had completed advanced studies in Piano. He is the father of Eduarda Dionísio. Ge de todas as Artes, and the magazine (1978–1982). He also wrote prefaces for works by authors such as Manuel da Fonseca, Carlos de Oliveira, José Cardoso Pires, and Alves Redol.

Works

Poetry

As solicitações e emboscadas: Poemas. S. l., s, d (Coimbra: Tipografia Atlântida) O riso dissonante: Poemas. Lisbon: Centro Bibliográfico, 1950. Memória dum pintor desconhecido. Lisbon: Portugália, 1965. Coleção Poetas de hoje, 19. Poesia incompleta: 1936–1965. Lisbon: Europa-América, 1966. Le feu qui dort. Neuchâtel: Éditions de la Baconniére; Lisbon: Europa-América, 1967. Terceira idade. Mem-Martins: Europa-América, 1982. Mário Dionísio Collection, 10. O mundo dos outros: histórias e vagabundagens (preface). Lisbon: Dom Quixote, 2000. Pocket Library Collection, Literature, 13. Poesia completa. Lisbon: National Press — Casa da Moeda, 2016. Plural Collection.

Prose

O dia cinzento: contos. Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 1954. New Prosecutors Collection. Não há morte nem princípio. Mem Martins: Europa-América, 1969. Collection of works by Mário Dionísio, 4. Monólogo a duas vozes: histórias. Lisbon: D. Quixote, 1986. Portuguese Language Authors Collection. A morte é para os outros. Lisbon: O Jornal, 1988. Dias de Prosa Collection.

Painting

Vincent Van Gogh: study. S.l., s.n., 1947. The Great Painters and Sculptors Collection. A paleta e o mundo. Lisboa: Europa-América, 1956–1962, 3 vols. Conflito e unidade da arte contemporânea. Lisboa: Iniciativas Editoriais, 1958.

Awards and honors

Mário Dionísio was awarded the Grand Prize for Essay (1963) by the Portuguese Writers' Society in 1963 for his work A Paleta e o Mundo (English: The Palette and the World). For the work "Terceira Idade," Mário Dionísio received the Criticism Prize from the Portuguese Center of the International Association of Literary Critics (CPAICL) (1981), tied with Alexandre O'Neill. He was honored in the toponymy of Lisbon with the naming of a street in the Lumiar parish. This was decided on July 20, 2005, and announced in an official decree on August 1 of the same year by the Lisbon City Council. The Mário Dionísio street was inaugurated on October 26, 2016.