Alves Redol

Cedo começou a trabalhar dada a natureza modesta da sua família. Parte para Angola, aos 16 anos, procurando melhores condições de vida, regressando a Portugal três anos depois. Junta-se ao Movimento de Unidade Democrática (MUD), que se opunha ao regime do Estado Novo, e filia-se no Partido Comunista, escrevendo artigos no jornal O Diabo.

Introduziu o neo-realismo em Portugal com o romance Gaibéus (1939), nome dado aos camponeses da Beira que iam fazer a ceifa do arroz ao Ribatejo, em meados do século XX. Daí em diante sua obra revela uma grande preocupação social, velada ainda assim, dada a censura e à perseguição política movida pelo regime de Salazar aos oposicionistas, e mormente aos simpatizantes do PCP, como era o caso. Chegou mesmo a s

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