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SANTARENO (Bernardo). A MORTE na Raiz. Coimbra. 1954. - SANTARENO (Bernardo) A MORTE na Raiz . Poemas. Coimbra: s.n., 1954. 232 pp.; 255 mm. First and only edition of the debut book by Bernardo Santareno - literary pseudonym of António Martinho do Rosário (Santarém, 1920 - Oeiras, 1980), a graduate in Medicine from the University of Coimbra and a specialist in psychiatry, the greatest Portuguese playwright of the 20th century. Death at the Root inaugurates a literary career that began with poetry before settling definitively on theater: followed by Romances do Mar (1955) and Os Olhos da Víbora (1957), after which Santareno dedicated himself almost exclusively to dramaturgy, with works such as A Promessa, O Judeu and O Inferno, marked by a fusion of popular themes, mysticism, eroticism and growing social awareness. Very rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate