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José Carlos Ary dos Santos or just Ary dos Santos (December 7, 1937 - January 18, 1984) was one of the most relevant names of the Portuguese poetry of the 20th Century. December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...


Born of a burgeois family, Ary dos Santos soon developed several skills for poetry. With only 14, the family published some poems, against his will (he thought the poems were not good enough). In 1943, with 16 years, Ary saw some of his poems being selected for the Antology of the Almeida Garrett prize. After that, Ary leaves his family, working on several jobs, like marketing or selling bubblegum. João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett (b. ... Traditionally, Marketing has been a term applied to the craft of linking the producers (or potential producers) of a product or service with customers, both existing and potential. ... Dubble Bubble bubble blowing contest, at a Walmart store. ...


His potic work continued to develop and in 1963 he published his first book, "A Liturgia do Sangue".


1969 was the year that changed Ary's life, as he liked to say. He became a member of the Portuguese Communist Party and quickly developed his revolutionary vein. PCPs official symbol, featuring the hammer and sickle and the Portuguese national colors, red and green. ...


Meanwhile, Ary participates, under a pseudonym, in the RTP Song Contest, writing the lyrics of two songs to be performed by Paulo de Carvalho. A pseudonym is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ... Rádio e Televisão de Portugal SGPS SA, usually known as Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (Portuguese for Radio and Television of Portugal), and as one of its subsidiaries, RTP; is the national public service broadcaster in Portugal. ... Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union. ...


During his career, Ary also wrote several revolutionary poems, for political intervention, about the Fascist repression, the need for freedom and celebrating the post-revolutionary conquests, which led him to be called the poet of the revolution. The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese, Revolução dos Cravos) was an almost bloodless left-leaning revolution started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a liberal democracy at the end of a two year process of a communist dominated military administration. ...


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Ary dos Santos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (272 words)
In 1943, at the age of 16, Ary saw some of his poems being selected for the Anthology of the Almeida Garrett prize.
Meanwhile, Ary participated, under a pseudonym, in the RTP Song Contest, writing the lyrics of two songs to be performed by Paulo de Carvalho.
During his career, Ary also wrote several revolutionary poems, for political intervention, about the Fascist repression, the need for freedom and celebrating the post-revolutionary conquests, which led him to be called the poet of the revolution.
Biografia Ary dos Santos  (472 words)
Ary dos Santos: Oriundo de uma família da alta burguesia, José Carlos Ary dos Santos, conhecido no meio social e literário por Ary dos Santos, nasceu em Lisboa a 7 de Dezembro de 1937.
Em 1969, ano que o próprio Ary dos Santos considerava ter marcado decisivamente a sua vida, inicia-se nas atividades políticas ao filiar-se ao partido PCP, participando de forma ativa nas sessões de poesia do então intitulado "canto livre perseguido".
Ary dos Santos foi um dos mais talentosos poetas da sua geração, conhecido pela sua linguagem irreverente e ágil e que contribuiu a grosso modo para a viragem de música popular portuguesa.
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