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Eca de Queiroz

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Birth Name: José Maria de Eça de Queirós

Born: 25 November 1845 Died: 16 August 1900

Country of origin: Portugal


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Description: Eça de Queiroz is generally considered to be the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. Others rank him with Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. Eça never officially rejected Catholicism, but was very critical of the Catholic Church of his time, and of Christianity in general (also Protestant churches) as is evident in some of his novels. ... (more)
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