WRITER

José Maria de Eça de Queirós

1845 - 1900

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José Maria de Eça de Queiroz or Queirós (European Portuguese: [ˈɛsɐ ðɨ kɐjˈɾɔʃ]; 25 November 1845 – 16 August 1900) is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Maria de Eça de Queirós has received more than 141,645 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. José Maria de Eça de Queirós is the 1,233rd most popular writer (down from 1,227th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 108th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Contos
1902
O crime do padre Amaro
1900
Cidade e as serras
Fiction
1928
A ilustre casa de Ramires
1900
Cartas de Inglaterra
Correspondence, Portuguese Authors, Social life and customs
1924
Os Maias
amor, tragédia, incesto
“Os Maias” conta a história da família Maia. Afonso da Maia tem um filho, chamado Pedro, tímido e nervoso. Pedro conhece Maria Monforte, filha de um negreiro e, contra a vontade de seu pai, casa-se com ela. A bela Maria apaixona-se por um italiano e foge com ele e com a filha, abandonando Pedro e o filho Carlos. Pedro, desgostoso, suicida-se. Carlos cresce criado pelo avô, forma-se em Medicina e parte para uma longa viagem pela Europa. De regresso, Carlos instala-se no Ramalhete, a casa de família, com o seu avô. Juntamente com o seu grande amigo João da Ega levam uma vida de ócio na sociedade Lisboeta, vivendo histórias repletas de festas e amantes. Surge então em Lisboa uma bela mulher, casada com um rico Brasileiro, por quem Carlos se apaixona e se envolve numa louca paixão. A história desenvolve-se de uma forma surpreendente, repleta de situações de mentira e conduta imoral, até revelar uma terrível relação incestuosa. Escrito pelo genial Eça de Queirós, é uma das mais importantes obras da literatura portuguesa.
1900

Among WRITERS

Among writers, José Maria de Eça de Queirós ranks 1,233 out of 7,302. Before him are Giovanni Verga, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Harry Harrison, Juliusz Słowacki, Maurus Servius Honoratus, and David Irving. After him are Blaise Cendrars, Bhartṛhari, Boris Pahor, Radoje Domanović, Andrei Platonov, and Shammai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, José Maria de Eça de Queirós ranks 25. Before him are Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Gustaf de Laval, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Franz Ehrle, Jacint Verdaguer, and Laura Marx. After him are Mary Ann Nichols, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Isidor Straus, Leopold Auer, Princess Sophie of Saxony, and Tristan Corbière. Among people deceased in 1900, José Maria de Eça de Queirós ranks 24. Before him are Osman Nuri Pasha, Frederic Edwin Church, Mary Kingsley, Isaac Levitan, Francis, Duke of Teck, and François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville. After him are Birsa Munda, Kuroda Kiyotaka, Armand David, Samori Ture, Princess Josephine of Baden, and Joseph Bertrand.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, José Maria de Eça de Queirós ranks 102 out of 633. Before him are Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Isabel of Coimbra (1432), António, Prior of Crato (1531), Pedro Nunes (1502), and Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal (1186). After him are Joseph Nasi (1524), Teófilo Braga (1843), Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914), Judah Leon Abravanel (1460), Eleanor of Viseu (1458), and Ricardo Quaresma (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, José Maria de Eça de Queirós ranks 5. Before him are José Saramago (1922), Fernando Pessoa (1888), Luís de Camões (1524), and Denis of Portugal (1261). After him are Judah Leon Abravanel (1460), Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Luís Fróis (1532), Almeida Garrett (1799), and Tomé Pires (1468).

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