Abílio Manuel de Guerra Junqueiro was a Portuguese sivilian servant and poet, who was compelled to grapple with the aesthetic problems posed by new values and sensibilities. He was against the constitutional monarchy and participated in the Portuguese Revolution of 1910.
Background
Abílio Manuel de Guerra Junqueiro was born on September 17, 1850 in Freixo De Espada à Cinta, Braganca, Portugal to José António Junqueiro Júnior, a supply trader and farmer, and wife Ana Maria Guerra. His mother died when he was only three years old.
Education
Abílio Manuel de Guerra Junqueiro made secondary studies in Bragança and at sixteen, he enrolled at the University of Coimbra, to study theology. Two years later he left to study law, that he concluded in 1873.
Career
Abílio Manuel de Guerra Junqueiro became secretary of the governor of Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, and later of Viana do castelo. In 1878, he was elected to the House of Representatives.
In 1885 he published at Porto A velhice do Padre Eterno, that generated strong criticism from Portuguese Catholic Church. After the British Ultimatum and the political crisis associated, Abílio Manuel de Guerra Junqueiro was involved in the political debate in 1891, writing some best-sellers that had huge impact in public opinion, contributing to the discredit of the Portuguese monarchy and the success of the Portuguese Republican Party in the 1910 Portuguese Revolution. Abílio Manuel de Guerra Junqueiro translated into Portuguese short stories by Hans Christian Andersen.
Abílio Manuel de Guerra Junqueiro married Filomena Augusta da Silva Neves on 10 February 1880, the couple had two children: Maria Isabel Guerra Junqueiro on 11 November 1880, second wife without issue of Luís Augusto de Sales Pinto da Mesquita de Carvalho (1868-1931) and Júlia Guerra Junqueiro in 1881, unmarried and without issue.