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Camilo Castelo Branco

1825 - 1890

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Camilo Castelo Branco, 1st Viscount of Correia Botelho (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐˈmilu kɐʃˈtɛlu ˈbɾɐ̃ku]; 16 March 1825 – 1 June 1890), was a prolific Portuguese writer of the 19th century, having produced over 260 books (mainly novels, plays and essays). His writing is considered original in that it combines the dramatic and sentimental spirit of Romanticism with a highly personal combination of sarcasm, bitterness and dark humour. He is also celebrated for his peculiar wit and anecdotal character, as well as for his turbulent (and ultimately tragic) life. His writing, which is centred in the local and the picturesque and is in a general sense affiliated with the Romantic tradition, is often regarded in contrast to that of Eça de Queiroz – a cosmopolitan dandy and a fervorous proponent of Realism, who was Camilo's literary contemporary in spite of being 20 years younger. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Camilo Castelo Branco is the 2,567th most popular writer (down from 2,047th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 175th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Camilo Castelo Branco ranks 2,567 out of 7,302. Before him are Licinius Macer Calvus, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Tom Peters, Okakura Kakuzō, Karin Fossum, and David Crystal. After him are Fyodor Sologub, Margit Sandemo, Picander, Vasile Alecsandri, Charlotte Buff, and Malik Muhammad Jayasi.

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Among people born in 1825, Camilo Castelo Branco ranks 39. Before him are Friedrich von Schmidt, Charles Lavigerie, Émile Ollivier, Đuro Daničić, Charles Joshua Chaplin, and Iwakura Tomomi. After him are Julius Oppert, Friedrich Bayer, Giovanni Fattori, Bernardo Guimarães, Alexander Mozhaysky, and Jules Barbier. Among people deceased in 1890, Camilo Castelo Branco ranks 33. Before him are Christopher Latham Sholes, William Gull, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, and Ivan Mažuranić. After him are Vasile Alecsandri, Ignaz von Döllinger, Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Franz Lachner, Alexander Mozhaysky, and Octave Feuillet.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Camilo Castelo Branco ranks 215 out of 633. Before him are António Vieira (1608), António de Andrade (1580), Zeca Afonso (1929), José Torres (1938), Peter, Constable of Portugal (1429), and Tristão Vaz Teixeira (1395). After him are José Policarpo (1936), Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887), Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders (1157), Mísia (1955), Manuel Clemente (1948), and Mariana Alcoforado (1640).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Camilo Castelo Branco ranks 14. Before him are Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), Almeida Garrett (1799), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), Tomé Pires (1468), and António Vieira (1608). After him are Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Maria Teresa Horta (1937), Alexandre Herculano (1810), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), and António Ferreira (1528).

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