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Maximiliano de Azevedo
1850–1911
A Portuguese colonel with a lively second career in letters, Maximiliano de Azevedo wrote historical works, military narratives, and plays while becoming a respected journalist and theater critic. His writing often drew on the landscapes and traditions of Madeira and the Azores.
2 Audiobooks
Historias das Ilhas : (Reminiscencias dos Açores e da Madeira)
by Maximiliano de Azevedo
Homenagem ao Marquez De Pombal 1782-1882
by Maximiliano de Azevedo
About the author
Maximiliano Eugénio de Azevedo (1850–1911), also known as Maximiliano d’Azevedo, was born in Funchal, Madeira. He studied artillery and built a long career in the Portuguese Army, eventually rising to the rank of colonel and commanding an artillery regiment in Lisbon.
Alongside his military work, he was deeply involved in journalism, literary history, and the theater. He served as an editor and theater critic for several Portuguese publications, collaborated with historian Latino Coelho, and helped organize military archives and libraries.
His books include Histórias das Ilhas, a collection inspired by Madeira and the Azores, as well as military stories and manuals written with Artur Perdigão. He also wrote and translated plays, and near the end of his life managed Lisbon’s Teatro Normal as royal commissioner.