THE ORIGINS OF THE NOVEL CRONICA DA CASA ASSASSINADA AS SEEN IN LUCIO CARDOSO´S DIARES

Resumo

After a promising start to his literary career, Lúcio Cardoso seems to have lost his way as a novel writer. After publishing Dias Perdidos em 1943, he only produced another novel and his masterpiece Cronica da casa Assassinada in 1959.  In the interval, he work as a journalist, translated seven classics into Portuguese for publication, wrote and organised for the theatre and even began filming A mulher de Longe.  The reading of his Diarios sheds light on the existential process which led to the blossoming forth of his masterpiece.

 Keywords: Lucio Cardoso. Cronica da Casa Assassinada. Origins.