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Queiroz, José Maria Eça de
(1845—1900)

Portuguese writer. Trained in law and employed in the foreign service, he became an ardent admirer of French culture. Influenced by both romanticism and Flaubert’s naturalism, he is generally considered Portugal’s greatest novelist. O crime do Padre Amaro (1876; tr., The Sin of Father Amaro, 1962) and his masterpiece Os Maias (1888; tr., The... More...

Brazil, 1995, Jose Maria Eça de Queiroz

Portugal, 1995, Esa de Queiroz

Portugal, 2000, Esa de Queiroz