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. In the London Observer, Jonathan Keates ranked him alongside Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Maria de Eça de Queirós is the 1,657th most popular writer (down from 1,232nd in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, José Maria de Eça de Queirós ranks 1,657 out of 7,302. Before him are Attila József, Maria Valtorta, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Malcolm Lowry, Andreas Gryphius, and Adèle Hugo. After him are E. Howard Hunt, Bartolomeo Platina, Avraham Stern, Margherita Sarfatti, Eino Leino, and Thomas Keneally.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, José Maria de Eça de Queirós ranks 31. Before him are Fernand Cormon, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Princess Sophie of Saxony, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, and Gustaf de Laval. After him are Mary Ann Nichols, Infanta Antónia of Portugal, Isidor Straus, Tristan Corbière, Jacint Verdaguer, and Félix Tisserand. Among people deceased in 1900, José Maria de Eça de Queirós ranks 28. Before him are Francis, Duke of Teck, Mary Kingsley, Isaac Levitan, Naim Frashëri, Zdeněk Fibich, and Princess Josephine of Baden. After him are Samori Ture, Kuroda Kiyotaka, Mihály Munkácsy, Stephen Crane, Eugenio Beltrami, and Pyotr Lavrov.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, José Maria de Eça de Queirós ranks 145 out of 633. Before him are Paula Rego (1935), Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza (1801), Gil Eanes (null), José, Prince of Brazil (1761), Manuel de Arriaga (1840), and Francisco Craveiro Lopes (1894). After him are Sidónio Pais (1872), Urraca of Portugal (1150), Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu (1430), Vítor Baía (1969), Karl Nesselrode (1780), and Manuel Gomes da Costa (1863).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, José Maria de Eça de Queirós ranks 7. Before him are José Saramago (1922), Fernando Pessoa (1888), Luís de Camões (1524), Denis of Portugal (1261), Judah Leon Abravanel (1460), and Luís Fróis (1532). After 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).

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