Mário de Sá-Carneiro timeline

MÁRIO DE SÁ-CARNEIRO

1890-1916

   Mário de Sá-Carneiro por Almada Negreiros, gravura riscada em vidro acrílico, 1964 (pormenor)

1890

Born on the 19th of may, in Lisbon.

1892

His mother dies.

1904

Travels with his father around Europe.

1907

Visits Paris again with his father.

1910

Writes the play Amizade with Tomás Cabreira Júnior.

 1911

Tomás Cabreira Júnior commits suicide with a gun shot in the patio of Liceu Camões, on the 8th of January.
In October he moves to Coimbra to study Law, and abandons the course in December.

 1912

Publishes a book of short stories, Princípio.
Meets Fernando Pessoa.

Goes to Paris with the intention of studying Law at the Sorbonne.

 1913

Returns to Lisbon at the end of June. 

 1914

Publishes two books, A Confissão de Lúcio, a narrative,and Dispersão, poems.
Returns to Paris in July, but the outbreak of war brings him back to Lisbon in September.  

 1915

Participates with Fernando Pessoa in the organization and publication of two issues of a magazine funded by his father, Orpheu – the first issue comes out in March, the second in June.
In Orpheu, as well as a Futuristic parody-poem Manucure, he publishes part of his poems for the book Indícios de Oiro, which will be published by Presença in 1937.  que há-de ser editado pela presença em 1937.
Publishes a book of short stories, Céu em Fogo.
Leaves for Paris in July.

 1916

Commits suicide on the 26th of April in a room at the Hotel de Nice.