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Almeida Garrett

1799 - 1854

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

movement:  Romanticism
country of citizenship:  Kingdom of Portugal
native language:  Portuguese
languages spoken, written or signed:  Portuguese
educated at:  University of Coimbra
occupation:  writer, poet, diplomat, playwright, politician, novelist
award received:  Commander of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa
position held:  Minister of Foreign Affairs
influenced by:  Laurence Sterne, Friedrich Schiller, Gil Vicente, Victor Hugo, Lord Byron, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Luís de Camões, William Shakespeare, Walter Scott

João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett (Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈmɐjðɐ ɣɐˈʁɛtɨ]; 4 February 1799 – 9 December 1854) was a Portuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician, and a peer of the realm. A major promoter of theater in Portugal he is considered the greatest figure of Portuguese Romanticism and a true revolutionary and humanist. He proposed the construction of the D. Maria II National Theatre and the creation of the Conservatory of Dramatic Art. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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