Manuel da FonsecaArticle Free Pass Manuel da Fonseca, (born Oct.
15, 1911, Santiago-do-Cacém, Port.—died March 11, 1993, Lisbon),
Portuguese novelist and poet who wrote realistic works about his
homeland, the agricultural province of Alentejo. A collegiate
boxing champion, da Fonseca came of age during the turmoil of
the Spanish Civil War. His literary career began with the
publication of the poem “Rosa dos ventos” (“Rose of the Winds”)
in 1940. His best-known novel is Cerromaior (1943; “Biggest
Hill”), which was translated into several languages and filmed
by director Luis Rocha in the 1970s. Among his other books are O
fogo e as cinzas (1952; “The Fire and the Ashes”), Seara de
vento (1958; “Harvest of Wind”), Um anjo no trapézio (1968; “An
Angel on the Trapeze”), Tempo de solidão (1969; “Time of
Solitude”), and Crónicas algarvias (1986; “Constant Gibberish”),
as well as the verse collections Poemas completos (1963) and
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