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Augusto Casimiro
1889–1967
A Portuguese poet, soldier, and public intellectual, he turned experiences in the trenches of World War I and colonial Africa into deeply personal poetry, memoirs, and fiction. His work blends patriotism, republican ideals, love of the sea, and a reflective sense of history.
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A tentação do Mar
by Augusto Casimiro
About the author
Augusto Casimiro dos Santos (1889–1967) was born in Amarante, Portugal. He trained as an army officer, served in the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps in Flanders during World War I, and received several Portuguese and foreign decorations. He later taught at the Military College and held administrative posts in the Congo and Angola.
His literary career began with Para a Vida in 1906 and grew to include poetry, fiction, memoirs, journalism, and political writing. His wartime experience inspired works such as Nas Trincheiras da Flandres and Calvários da Flandres, while his years in Africa shaped books including Cartilha Colonial and Portugal Atlântico.
A republican and opponent of Portugal’s Estado Novo dictatorship, Casimiro was imprisoned after taking part in the 1931 Madeira revolt. He helped found the magazine Seara Nova in 1921 and became its director late in life, remaining an important voice in Portuguese literary and democratic circles until his death in Lisbon in 1967.