Manuel da Fonseca: Quick Facts

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Born	October 15, 1911 • Portugal
Died	March 11, 1993 (aged 81) • Lisbon • Portugal

Garrett, João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida, visconde (viscount) de Almeida Garrett

João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, viscount de Almeida Garrett

Portuguese writer

Francisco Rodrigues Lobo

Portuguese poet

José Régio

Portuguese author and critic

Manuel Ferreira

Portuguese author

Dinis, detail of a watercolour by Alfredo Roque Gameiro, 19th century

Júlio Dinis

Portuguese author

Fernando Goncalves Namora

Portuguese writer

Miguel Torga

Portuguese poet and diarist

Mário de Sá-Carneiro

Portuguese author

Joaquim Dias Cordeiro da Matta

Angolan scholar

Baltasar Lopes

Cabo Verdean author

Manuel Lopes

Cabo Verdean author

Luís Romano

Cabo Verdean author

Manuel dos Santos Lima

Angolan author

Bernardo Guimarães

Brazilian author

Luís de Camões

Portuguese poet

Gil Vicente

Portuguese dramatist

Jose Saramago, wearing glasses and a dark suit, sits with his hands clasped and smiles at an event in Madrid.

José Saramago

Portuguese author

Alexandre Herculano

Portuguese historian

Fernando Pessoa

Portuguese poet

Camilo Castelo Branco

Portuguese novelist

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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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