Aquilino Ribeiro

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Aquilino Gomes Ribeiro, ComL (pron. IPA: [ɐki'linu ʁi'bɐiɾu]) (Sernancelhe, September 13, 1885 - Lisbon, May 7, 1963) was a Portuguese writer. He is considered as one of the great Portuguese novelist of the 20th century. He was nominated for the Nobel Literature Prize in 1960.

Destinated to priesthood, Aquilino Ribeiro got involved in republican politics, opposing the Portuguese monarchy, and had to exile himself in Paris; he returned to Portugal in 1914, after the Republican Revolution of 1910.

He was involved in the opposition to António de Oliveira Salazar and the Estado Novo, whose government tried to censor or ban several of his books.

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He wrote more than 70 novels, the most famous being:

"A Via Sinuosa" (1918)

"Terras do Demo" (1919)

"O Malhadinhas" (1920)

"Estrada de Santiago" (1922)

"Andam Faunos pelo Bosques" (1926)

"Romance da Raposa" (1929)

"Batalha Sem Fim" (1931)

"Volfrâmio" (1944)

"A Grande Casa de Romarigães" (1957)

"Quando os Lobos Uivam" (1958; tr. 1963: When the Wolves Howl)