Aquilino Ribeiro
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Aquilino Gomes Ribeiro (Sernancelhe September 13 1885 - Lisbon, May 71963) was a Portuguese novelist.
Destinated to priesthood, Aquilino Ribeiro got involved in republican politics, opposing the Portuguese monarchy, and had to exile himself in Paris; he returned to Portugal in 1914.
He was involved in the opposition to António de Oliveira Salazar, whose government tried to censor several of his books.
Some works
He wrote more than 70 books, the most famous being:
- A Via Sinuosa (1918)
- Terras do Demo (1919)
- O Malhadinhas (1920)
- Estrada de Santiago (1922)
- Andam Faunos pelo Bosque (1926)
- Romance da Raposa (1929)
- Batalha Sem Fim (1931)
- Volfrâmio (1944)
- A Grande Casa de Romarigães (1957)
- Quando os Lobos Uivam (1958)pt:Aquilino Ribeiro