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Born September 7, 1867 • Portugal
Died 1926 (aged 58) • Portugal
Notable Works “China” • “Clépsidra”
Movement / Style Symbolism
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Manuel Ferreira
Portuguese author
António Feliciano de Castilho
António Feliciano de Castilho
Portuguese poet and translator
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Pedro António Correia Garção
Portuguese poet
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Garcia de Resende
Portuguese poet
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Miguel Torga
Portuguese poet and diarist
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Tomaz Vieira da Cruz
Portuguese poet, musician and journalist
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Mário de Sá-Carneiro
Portuguese author
Pascoaes, Teixeira de
Teixeira de Pascoaes
Portuguese poet-philosopher
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Eugénio de Castro
Portuguese poet
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Jorge Rebelo
Mozambican poet, lawyer, and journalist
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Jorge Barbosa
Cabo Verdean poet
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov, portrait by an unknown artist.
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov
Russian author
Jules Laforgue
Jules Laforgue
French poet
Arthur Symons, tempera painting by R.H. Sauter, 1935; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Arthur Symons
English poet and critic
Gustave Kahn, oil painting by Roger Casse, 1931; in a private collection
Gustave Kahn
French poet
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Einar Benediktsson
Icelandic poet
Luís de Camões
Luís de Camões
Portuguese poet
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Gil Vicente
Portuguese dramatist
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Alexandre Herculano
Portuguese historian
Pessoa, Fernando
Fernando Pessoa
Portuguese poet

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