Gregório de Matos
1636
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1696
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: Baroque literature
genre: satire
country of citizenship: Brazil
languages spoken, written or signed: Portuguese
educated at: University of Coimbra
occupation: lawyer, poet, writer, poet lawyer, composer
influenced by: Luis de Góngora
Gregório de Matos e Guerra (December 23, 1636 – November 26, 1696) was a famous Colonial Brazilian Baroque poet. Although he wrote many lyrical and religious poems, he was better known for his satirical ones, most of them criticizing the Catholic Church, earning him the nickname "Boca do Inferno" (Hell's Mouth).He is the patron of the 16th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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