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Augusto de Lacerda
1864–1926
A Portuguese-language writer of poems, plays, and fiction, he built a career that moved easily between journalism and the stage. His work often reaches for large moral and spiritual themes, including retellings of biblical stories such as Judas.
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Judas: Romance lirico em quatro jornadas
by Augusto de Lacerda
About the author
Born in Porto Alegre in 1864 and later active in Portugal, Augusto de Lacerda was a dramatist, poet, novelist, journalist, and theater thinker. Reference works identify him more fully as Augusto Carolino Correia de Lacerda, and note that he also wrote under the name João Claro.
He came from a theatrical family: his mother Carolina Falco and his father César de Lacerda were both actors, and his father was also a playwright, stage director, and teacher at the Conservatory. He began in journalism and made his theatrical debut in 1884 with A Flor dos Trigais, going on to publish and stage a long list of works across several decades.
His bibliography includes plays such as A Dúvida, Terra Mater, and Mártires do Ideal, along with the lyrical novel Judas from 1901. A historical archive description portrays him as a novelist, poet, and dramatist of firm convictions, which fits the serious, idea-driven tone of much of his writing. He died in Lisbon in 1926.