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Famous Portuguese Poets - Famous Poets from Portugal

The Portuguese famous poets section is an educational source of information and inspiration featuring reknown Portuguese poets. Here you will find famous Portuguese Poets of our time and times past. Please let us know if we are missing a well-known Portuguese poet and we'll add him or her.

 
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Cesariny, Mário

Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos also known as Mário Cesariny (August 9, 1923, Lisbon, Portugal - November 26, 2006, Lisbon, Portugal) is among the most important Portuguese surrealist poets, having published several major works during a career spanning 50 years. Cesariny was also a painter, but his work became more centered on poetry in the 1950s.. Portuguese surrealist poet
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de Camões, Luís

Luís Vaz de Camões (Portuguese pronunciation: ; sometimes rendered in English as Camoens English pronunciation: /'kæm ons/; c. 1524 – June 10, 1580) is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads). His recollection of poetry The Parnasum of Luís de Camões was lost in his lifetime.. early Portuguese poet
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Espanca, Florbela

Florbela Espanca (Portuguese pronunciation: ; birth name Flor Bela de Alma da Conceição), Portuguese poet (Vila Viçosa, December 8, 1894 — Matosinhos, December 8, 1930). Precursor of the feminist movement in Portugal, she had a tumultuous and eventful life that shaped her erotic and feminine writings.. Portuguese poet
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Pessoa, Fernando

. Portuguese poet writer philosopher literary critic and translator