author
Luís de Montalvor
1891–1947
A key early voice in Portuguese modernism, this poet and editor helped launch the landmark magazine Orpheu and shaped the literary energy around it. Writing under a pseudonym, he became closely linked with the bold, restless spirit of a new generation.
2 Audiobooks
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
Orpheu Nº2 Revista Trimestral de Literatura
by Alvaro de Campos, Violante Cisneiros, Eduardo Guimarães, Raul de Oliveira Sousa Leal, Ângelo Vaz Pinto Azevedo Coutinho de Lima, Luís de Montalvor, Fernando Pessoa, Mário de Sá-Carneiro
About the author
Born in São Vicente, Cape Verde, in 1891, Luís de Montalvor was the pen name of Luís Filipe de Saldanha da Gama da Silva Ramos. He became known as a Portuguese poet and editor, and is remembered above all for his role in the rise of modernism in Portuguese-language literature.
Montalvor was one of the founders of Orpheu, the influential literary review first published in 1915, and later led the review Centauro in 1916. He also contributed to other important journals, helping create the magazines and conversations that introduced daring new styles and ideas to Portuguese readers.
Although he is less widely known today than some of his contemporaries, his editorial work was crucial to one of the most important literary movements of the 20th century in Portugal. He died in Lisbon in 1947, but his name remains tied to the beginnings of a modern, experimental Portuguese literature.