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Also Known As Português

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Gregory Rabassa
American translator
António Feliciano de Castilho
António Feliciano de Castilho
Portuguese poet and translator
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Joaquim Dias Cordeiro da Matta
Angolan scholar
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Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet
English poet and translator
Almeida de Portugal, Leonor de
Leonor de Almeida de Portugal
Portuguese poet
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Alexandre de Rhodes
French missionary

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