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Mário Pires Gomes Beirão
1890–1965
A Portuguese poet linked with the saudosismo movement, he wrote with a strong sense of memory, place, and feeling. His work also reached readers through magazines and books such as Cintra, helping keep his name alive in Portuguese literary history.
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About the author
Born in Beja on May 1, 1890, and later dying in Lisbon in February 1965, Mário Beirão was a Portuguese poet. Sources consistently identify him with saudosismo, and note his friendships with writers including Teixeira de Pascoaes and Afonso Lopes Vieira.
He studied law at the University of Lisbon and worked as the civil registry officer in Mafra. Alongside that professional life, he built a literary career in poetry and contributed to Portuguese cultural journals, including A Águia, where his work appeared early on.
Today he is chiefly remembered as a poet whose writing belonged to an important current in early 20th-century Portuguese literature. Public literary records and library catalogs also show that works such as Cintra remain accessible to modern readers.