António Cândido Gonçalves Crespo
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António Cândido Gonçalves Crespo | |
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| Born | 11 March 1846 Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
| Died | 11 June 1883 (aged 37) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Alma mater | University of Coimbra |
| Literary movement | Parnassianism |
| Spouse | Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho |
António Cândido Gonçalves Crespo (11 March 1846 – 11 June 1883) was a Brazilian-born Portuguese poet.
Biography
[edit]Born to a Portuguese father and a slave mother on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro on 11 March 1846, he moved to Portugal at the age of ten. He was educated at the University of Coimbra, but "devoted himself almost exclusively to the Muses at Lisbon."[1] His poetry was deeply informed by Parnassianism. He occasionally collaborated with his wife Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho, also a noted writer.
He died in Lisbon on 11 June 1883, aged 37.
Bibliography
[edit]- Miniaturas (1870)
- Nocturnos (1882) [1]
- Obras Completas (1887)
References
[edit]- ^ Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern. Vol. XLII. Page 124.
External links
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Categories:
- 1846 births
- 1883 deaths
- Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Portuguese people of Brazilian descent
- Portuguese male poets
- University of Coimbra alumni
- Writers from Lisbon
- 19th-century Portuguese poets
- 19th-century Portuguese male writers
- 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis deaths in Portugal
- Brazilian emigrants to Portugal