"Joao Lucio Pousão Pereira ( Olhão , 4 of July of 1880 - 26 October of 1918 ) was a poet Portuguese , painter's nephew Henry Pousão
Ordinarily relegated to the category of local poet (considered the greatest exponent of the poetry of Olhão) or regional poet (especially due to his work O Meu Algarve ), João Lúcio was, however, in line with the great names of the Portuguese Renaissance , although his voluntarily away from the country's major cultural centers has contributed to such limiting definitions.
A prolific figure, he began with only 12 years to publish his first verses (in the extinct newspaper Olhanense ). As a student at the Liceu de Faro, he founded and directed a literary journal entitled The Echo of the Academy . Finished his studies in Faro, decided to go to Coimbra to study law in 1897, which will meet and become friends with brilliant figures as Teixeira Pascoaes , Augusto de Castro , Alfredo Pimenta , Afonso Vieira Lopes , Fausto Teixeira Guedes and Augusto Gil. Standing out in the midst of such a pleiad, João Lúcio collaborates with his poetry in several national literary journals and magazines (he even founded, in 1899, a fortnightly book called The Reyno do Algarve ), until finally he published his first book in 1901 , Descended , acclaimed with praise by the critics of the time.
Returning to Olhão in 1902, João Lúcio quickly became a famous lawyer, given his argumentative and oral gifts. According to the regional newspapers of that time, each time the poet was to advocate, the courtrooms filled up, and even today, he is considered one of the most distinguished Algarvian lawyers ever.
It is then that the poet, a monarchist, becomes literary editor of the farense weekly O Sul , newspaper linked to the Liberal Regenerating Party of João Franco , whose lists competes and won a place in 1906 for the Chamber of Deputies, be nominated, though briefly, as chairman of the administrative committee of the Olhão City Council. However, in 1905, he published O Meu Algarve , a work that ultimately immortalizes João Lúcio as one of the greatest figures of the Algarve's poetry.
With the inauguration of the Republic, the poet leaves the policy and decides to travel with his family by Europe, having published, in 1913, In Asa of the Dream . Probably inspired by his travels, Joao Lucio then projects a completely original chalet, in the isolation of the Pinheiros de Marim, on the outskirts of Olhão , where he planned to retire after leaving the law, in order to seek inspiration for his poetry.
In 1914, the poet accepted the invitation of Teixeira de Pascoaes , to associate with the Portuguese Renaissance , having published a single poem in the magazine A Águia . Also of collaboration is its authorship in the New magazine (1901-1902).
In August 1918, Joao Lucio decides to move into the chalet with his family, although he is still unfinished. That's where the ferocious pneumonic virus that devastated the region came to contract , and that would eventually kill him on the morning of October 26, 1918, at the age of only 38.
Postulously, in 1921, the book of poems Spreading Ghosts was published."
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