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António Ferreira

1528 - 1569

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António Ferreira (1528 – 29 November 1569) was a Portuguese poet and the foremost representative of the classical school, founded by Francisco de Sá de Miranda. His most considerable work, Castro, is the first tragedy in Portuguese, and the second in modern European literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. António Ferreira is the 3,204th most popular writer (up from 3,592nd in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 269th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among writers, António Ferreira ranks 3,204 out of 7,302. Before him are Henry Darger, René Huyghe, Janosch, Macropedius, Jan Luyken, and Maria Wirtemberska. After him are Ama Ata Aidoo, Galaktion Tabidze, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Ybyrai Altynsarin, Lady Caroline Lamb, and Ivo Brešan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1528, António Ferreira ranks 18. Before him are Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Andrey Kurbsky, Juan de Garay, Francisco Guerrero, and Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Claude Le Jeune, Pedro da Fonseca, Benito Arias Montano, Rémy Belleau, and Adam Lonicer. Among people deceased in 1569, António Ferreira ranks 11. Before him are Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Maria Temryukovna, Gerolama Orsini, Aben Humeya, Mikołaj Rej, and Catherine Carey. After him are Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow, Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Myles Coverdale.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, António Ferreira ranks 267 out of 633. Before him are Maria Severa Onofriana (1820), Humberto Coelho (1950), Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), Jorge Mendes (1966), José Tolentino de Mendonça (1965), and Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (1888). After him are Fábio Coentrão (1988), Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Christopher Hampton (1946), Miguel Torga (1907), Ricardo (1976), and João de Loureiro (1717).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, António Ferreira ranks 20. Before him are Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Maria Teresa Horta (1937), Alexandre Herculano (1810), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), and Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890). After him are Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança (1907), Christopher Hampton (1946), Miguel Torga (1907), Duarte Barbosa (1480), Antero de Quental (1842), and Florbela Espanca (1894).

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