Notwithstanding his particularly fragile state of health, due to which he was not infrequently in convalescence, he followed through on his commitments until he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He progressively relinquished his intellectual tasks, and by 1983 had abandoned all his positions. He died two years later at the Hospital de Santa Maria [Saint Mary’s Hospital] (Lisbon).

He was consecrated to posterity by Vasco Berardo in a statue inaugurated in 2005 in Sertã. In the same year, the international conference “Padre Manuel Antunes (1918-1985) – Interfaces da Cultura Portuguesa e Europeia” ["Father Manuel Antunes (1918-1985) - Interfaces of Portuguese and European Culture"] was held, which brought together former students, colleagues, and friends. The Instituto Europeu de Ciências da Cultura [European Institute of Cultural Sciences] was also founded and named after him, in a partnership between the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa and the Escola Superior de Artes Decorativas da Fundação Ricardo Espírito Santo [School of Decorative Arts of the Ricardo Espírito Santo Foundation].

Works by the author: ANTUNES, Padre Manuel, Obra Completa do Padre Manuel Antunes, SJ, VII t., 14 vols, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2005-2012.

Works with references to the author: A.A.V.V., “Antunes, Padre Manuel”, Grande Enciclopédia Portuguesa e Brasileira, vol.38, Lisboa-Rio de Janeiro, undated, p.437; FRANCO, José Eduardo (Coord.), Um pedagogo da democracia: retratos e memórias sobre o Padre Manuel Antunes, SJ, Lisboa, 2011; FRANCO, José Eduardo & ABREU, Luís Machado de (Coords.), Biografia ilustrada. Padre Manuel Antunes, SJ: Homo Oecumenicus, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2011. (Obra Completa Padre Manuel Antunes, SJ, t.8.); LEITE, António & MAIA, João, Padre Manuel Antunes, S.J., Lisboa, Brotéria, 1985 ( Brotéria offprint, vol. 120, mar. 1985, pp.234-258); PEREIRA, José Carlos Seabra, História crítica da literatura portuguesa, vol.7, Do fim-de-século ao modernismo, Lisboa, Editorial Verbo, 1995; REIS, Carlos, História crítica da literatura portuguesa, vol.9, Do neo-realismo ao post-modernismo, Lisboa, Editorial Verbo, 2005; REIS, Carlos & LOURENÇO, António Apolinário, História crítica da literatura portuguesa, vol. 8, O modernismo, Lisboa, Editorial Verbo, 2015; ROSA, Joaquim Coelho, “Antunes, P.e Manuel”. Enciclopédia Logos, vol.1, Lisboa-São Paulo, 1989, pp.318-320; SARAIVA, António José & LOPES, Óscar, História da literatura portuguesa, 16.ª ed., Porto, Porto Editora, 1992; TORGAL, Luís Reis, “A história em tempo de ditadura”. TORGAL, Luís Reis; MENDES, José Maria Amado & CATROGA, Fernando, História da História em Portugal séculos XIX-XX, vol. 1 (pp.273-310).

Ana Luísa Paz

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | (Pdf)