Ruben de Carvalho
Ruben de Carvalho Lisbon City Council member | |
|---|---|
| In office 2005–2013 | |
| Portuguese Communist Party Central Committee member | |
| In office 1997–2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ruben Luís Tristão de Carvalho e Silva 21 July 1944 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 11 June 2019 (aged 74) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Portuguese Communist Party |
Ruben Luís Tristão de Carvalho e Silva[1] (Lisbon, 21 July 1944 – Lisbon, 11 June 2019[2]) was a Portuguese politician, cultural organizer, historian, and journalist. He was a dissident during the Estado Novo dictatorship, a leader of the Portuguese Communist Party,[3] a member of the Assembly of the Republic,[1] a Lisbon municipal councillor and the creator of the largest political party event in Portugal, the Avante! Festival.[4]
As a journalist, Ruben de Carvalho was editor-in-chief of Vida mundial magazine during the 1960s and the weekly Avante! newspaper between April 1974 and 1995, and was an opinion writer for several newspapers, including Diário de Notícias.[5][4]
In addition to his journalistic career and political activities, he was well-known as a music-lover, in particular of the Jazz, Blues — of which he was considered an expert[5] — and Fado genres, having written several books about the latter genre.[6] His books on Fado had an outsized importance for the understanding of this musical genre.[7]
References
- ^ a b Biografia [de Ruben de Carvalho], Assembly of the Republic
- ^ Ruben de Carvalho (1944–2019), Antena 1, 11 June 2019
- ^ Peixoto, Ana Catarina (11 June 2019). "Morreu Ruben de Carvalho, histórico dirigente do PCP. Marcelo diz que "deixa um rasto de saudade"". Observador (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ a b Ribeiro, Ana Maria (12 June 2019). "Ruben de Carvalho, o homem que criou a festa do 'Avante!'". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Morreu Ruben de Carvalho, o comunista melómano que gostava de blues". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ Portuguese Communist Party Central Committee Secretariat (11 June 2019). "Faleceu Ruben de Carvalho". Portuguese Communist Party (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Ruben de Carvalho". Fado Museum. Retrieved 6 December 2023.