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Eça de Queirós

Popularity: 2.099
Known For: Writing
Birthday: 1845-11-25
Place of Birth: Póvoa de Varzim, Porto, Portugal
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Also Known As: Eça de Queiroz, José Maria de Eça de Queiroz

Biography: Novelist committed to social reform who introduced Naturalism and Realism to Portugal. He is often considered to be the greatest Portuguese novelist, certainly the leading 19th-century Portuguese novelist whose fame was international. The son of a prominent magistrate, Eça de Queiroz spent...