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Álvaro Cunhal
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Portuguese politician and writer (1913-2005)
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Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal was a Portuguese politician, sculptor, writer, and lawyer. Born in Coimbra in 1913, he was educated at the University of Lisbon and spoke Portuguese. He was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party and identified as an atheist. During his life, he was detained at Peniche Fortress and used the pseudonym Manuel Tiago.
Cunhal authored 72 works, including *Entrevista com Álvaro Cunhal*, *Alguns problemas na construção do socialismo*, *Algumas experiências de 50 anos de luta do PCP*, *O Partido com Paredes de Vidro*, and *Five Days, Five Nights : (Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites)*. He received the Order of Lenin, the Order of Friendship, the Order of Playa Girón, and the Order of the October Revolution. He died in Lisbon in 2005 and was buried at Alto de São João Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 2005
- Works
- 72
Top works
- Entrevista com Álvaro Cunhal. Alguns problemas na construção do socialismo
- Algumas experiências de 50 anos de luta do PCP
- O Partido com Paredes de Vidro
- Five Days, Five Nights : (Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites)
- Cinco dias, cinco noites
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Prime minister
- Adelino da Palma Carlos , Vasco Gonçalves
- Preceded by
- Office established
- Succeeded by
- Jorge Campinos (politician)
- Constituency
- Lisbon
- Born
- Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal , ( 1913-11-10 ) 10 November 1913, Coimbra , Portugal
- Died
- 13 June 2005 (2005-06-13) (aged 91), Lisbon , Portugal
- Party
- Portuguese Communist Party (1931–2005)
- Domestic partner
- Isaura Moreira (1960–1965)
- Relations
- Maria Eugénia Cunhal (sister)
- Children
- Ana Cunhal
- Alma mater
- University of Lisbon
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Álvaro
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Coimbra
- Place of death
- Lisbon
- Occupation
- revolutionary
- Educated at
- University of Lisbon
- Political party
- Portuguese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Religion
- atheism
- Award
- Lenin Peace Prize
- Image
- Alvaro Cunhal (1980).jpg
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- Commons category
- Álvaro Cunhal
- date of birth
- 1913-11-10
- date of death
- 2005-06-13
- name in native language
- Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal
- place of detention
- Peniche Fortress
- pseudonym
- Manuel Tiago
- birth name
- Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal
- P10632
- Álvaro Cunhal
- place of burial
- Alto de São João Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈalvɐɾu kuˈɲal]; 10 November 1913 – 13 June 2005) was a Portuguese leftist revolutionary and politician. He was one of the major opponents of the corporatist revolution of the Estado Novo. He served as secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992.
Early life
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