Eugénio de Castro
Eugénio de Castro e Almeida (March 4, 1869 in Coimbra, Portugal – August 17, 1944) was a Portuguese writer and a poet. He was a professor at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Coimbra and attended Escola Normal Superior in the same university. • Illustration — Eugénio de Castro (circa 1913) His contribution in poetry was divided in two sections: the first symbolic and the second where the author used new rhymes, metric (Alexandrine verses) and richer vocabulary. The author also written about Ancient classics.
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Eugénio de Castro
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- Born
- 1869 · Coimbra.
- Died
- 1944 · Coimbra.
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- Portugal · Kingdom of Portugal
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- poet · pedagogue · writer
- Education
- University of Coimbra
- Honours
- Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword · honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg · doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Eugénio de Castro studied at University of Coimbra. The recorded working language is Portuguese. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg and doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon.
El gran poeta portugués Eugenio de Castro, que dió una conferencia en el Ateneo.
Lluís Bagaria · (1922-03-14). " El gran poeta portugués Eugenio de Castro, que dió una conferencia en el Ateneo ". El Sol (1434): 1. ISSN 2171-262X. Biblioteca Nacional de España (CC BY 4.0)
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1869
Eugénio de Castro born at Coimbra.
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Obras Poeticas de Eugenio de Castro (1922) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1944
Eugénio de Castro died at Coimbra.
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