O Poeta Chiado: (novas Investigações Sobre a Sua Vida E Escriptos)

Antonio Ribeiro walked the streets of 16th century Lisbon with a poet's sharp eyes and a provocateur's fearless tongue. Known as Chiado, he was the people's poet, a bohemian whose wit cut through the pretensions of the powerful and whose verses sang in the taverns and marketplaces of the Alfama district. Alberto Pimentel, writing at the turn of the 20th century, embarks on a passionate act of resurrection: gathering the scattered fragments of a life and reputation nearly erased by time. This is literary archaeology of the most romantic kind. Pimentel reconstructs Chiado through anecdote, legend, and what few documents survived, painting a vivid portrait of a man who embodied Lisbon's irrepressible spirit. We see the poet the mob adored and the authorities tolerated, a figure whose humor functioned as social commentary in an age of censorship. The narrative breathes life into a cultural moment, revealing how a single voice could become legend. For readers hungry for the overlooked voices of history, this book offers both a window into Portugal's vibrant literary past and a meditation on how fame fades, and how it might be reclaimed.