José Maria de Eça de Queirós
Portuguese writer and diplomat (1845-1900) · Portugal · Writers · Died at 54
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Something wrong?José Maria de Eça de Queiroz or Queirós is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. In the London Observer, Jonathan Keates ranked him alongside Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy.
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Statue of Eça in Póvoa de Varzim; a couple of metres from his birthplace
Plaque in Grey Street, Newcastle
38 Stoke Hill. Eça de Queiroz's Bristol consulate.
Bust of Eça de Queiroz in the Avenue Charles de Gaulle, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Cover of the first edition of Os Maias
Statue of Eça de Queroz on Rua do Alecrim in LisbonIn their orbit
Child: António Eça de QueirozAbout this person
Country
Portugal
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1845 to 1900 · aged 54
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