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Alfredo Pedro de Meneses Guisado
1891–1975
A leading voice of Portuguese modernism, he helped shape the landmark magazine Orpheu while building a career as a poet, journalist, and public figure. His work is often remembered for its lyrical intensity and for keeping him close to the literary world around Fernando Pessoa.
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Orpheu Nº1 Revista Trimestral de Literatura
by José de Almada Negreiros, Alvaro de Campos, Ronald de Carvalho, Armando César Cortes-Rodrigues, Alfredo Pedro de Meneses Guisado, Luís de Montalvor, Fernando Pessoa, Mário de Sá-Carneiro
About the author
Born in Lisbon in 1891, Alfredo Pedro de Meneses Guisado — usually known as Alfredo Guisado — was a Portuguese poet, journalist, and political figure. He studied law at the University of Lisbon and became closely linked to the modernist generation that transformed Portuguese literature in the early 20th century.
He is especially associated with Orpheu, the influential review at the heart of Portuguese modernism, where he published work and became part of the circle that included Fernando Pessoa and other major writers of the time. Alongside his literary work, he also wrote for the press and served as deputy director of the newspaper República.
Guisado spent most of his life in Lisbon, where he was born and where he died in 1975. Though sometimes described as one of the more overlooked figures connected to Orpheu, his poetry remains an important part of that movement's story and of modern Portuguese letters.