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Antero de Quental

1842 - 1891

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Antero Tarquínio de Quental (European Portuguese: [ɐ̃ˈtɛɾu ðɨ kẽˈtal]; old spelling Anthero; 18 April 1842 – 11 September 1891) was a Portuguese poet, philosopher, and writer. Quental is regarded as one of the greatest poets of his generation and is recognized as one of the most influential Portuguese language artists of all time. His name is often mentioned alongside Luís Vaz de Camões, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, and Fernando Pessoa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antero de Quental is the 3,532nd most popular writer (up from 3,664th in 2019), the 281st most popular biography from Portugal (down from 274th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among writers, Antero de Quental ranks 3,532 out of 7,302. Before him are Abu Ali Bal'ami, Richard Yates, Tibor Déry, Xiao Hong, Carlo Rosselli, and Robert Holdstock. After him are William Ernest Henley, Glen Cook, Song Yu, Glückel of Hameln, John Osborne, and Simonas Daukantas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Antero de Quental ranks 66. Before him are Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ, Alessandro Fortis, Stojan Novaković, François Hennebique, Wilhelm Jordan, and Ellen Swallow Richards. After him are Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Berthold Delbrück, Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, Heinrich Martin Weber, and Nikolay Mikhaylovsky. Among people deceased in 1891, Antero de Quental ranks 75. Before him are Adolphe Alphand, José María Iglesias, Charles Stewart Parnell, Ludvig Lorenz, Sanjō Sanetomi, and Carl Johan Thyselius. After him are Joseph Leidy, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, James Russell Lowell, Domenico Agostini, Staka Skenderova, and August von Pelzeln.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Antero de Quental ranks 281 out of 633. Before him are António Simões (1943), Estácio de Sá (1520), José Augusto (1937), Bruno Alves (1981), João César Monteiro (1939), and Tiago Mendes (1981). After him are Pedro da Fonseca (1528), João Fernandes Lavrador (1453), Diogo Jota (1996), Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1937), Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510), and Rosa Mota (1958).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Antero de Quental ranks 25. Before him are Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), António Ferreira (1528), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Christopher Hampton (1946), Miguel Torga (1907), and Duarte Barbosa (1480). After him are Florbela Espanca (1894), Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765), Jorge de Montemor (1520), Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450), Manuel Alegre (1936), and Tomás António Gonzaga (1744).

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