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José Maria de Eça de Queirós
AuthorBooks · Second hand1845-1900
José Maria de Eça de Queiroz or Queirós is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. In the London Observer, Jonathan Keates ranked him alongside Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy.
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Birth
1845
Death
1900
First book
1875
Years writing
151
Eça de Queirós is widely recognized as the greatest exponent of realism in Portuguese literature.
His talent was so admired that the writer Émile Zola considered him superior to Gustave Flaubert.
In addition to his prolific career as a novelist, he served as a distinguished diplomat and journalist.
His work The Maias is considered by critics to be the best Portuguese realist novel of the 19th century.
Born in Póvoa de Varzim, his literary legacy spans over 160 works that defined his era.