Raul Proença
Encyclopedia
Raul Proença was a Portuguese
writer, journalist, and intellectual. Born in Caldas da Rainha
, Proença earned a degree in economic
and financial
sciences from the Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Lisboa
. He was a founder of the magazine Seara Nova. In 1927, Proença was exiled to Paris
. Proença returned to Portugal in 1932. He was hospitalized for mental illness, but died of typhoid fever
in Porto
.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
writer, journalist, and intellectual. Born in Caldas da Rainha
Caldas da Rainha
Caldas da Rainha is a city in western central Portugal. The city serves as the seat of the larger municipality of the same name and is the seat of the Comunidade Intermunicipal do Oeste...
, Proença earned a degree in economic
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and financial
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
sciences from the Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Lisboa
Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Lisboa
Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Lisboa was a former Portuguese school of vocational education founded in 1852 as Instituto Industrial de Lisboa, by Minister Fontes Pereira de Melo decree of 30 December. Its aim was the creation of a technical school of vocational education, whose purpose was to...
. He was a founder of the magazine Seara Nova. In 1927, Proença was exiled to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Proença returned to Portugal in 1932. He was hospitalized for mental illness, but died of typhoid fever
Typhoid fever
Typhoid fever, also known as Typhoid, is a common worldwide bacterial disease, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which contain the bacterium Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi...
in Porto
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
.
External links
- Raul Proença — profile from Centro Virtual Camões
- Ecsola Secundária Raul Proença — secondary school in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal