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Tomás António Gonzaga

1744 - 1810

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Tomás António Gonzaga (11 August 1744 – c. 1810) was a Portuguese poet. One of the most famous Neoclassic writers in colonial Brazil, he was also the ouvidor and the ombudsman of the city of Ouro Preto (formerly "Vila Rica"), as well as the desembargador of the appeal court in Bahia. He wrote under the pen name Dirceu. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomás António Gonzaga is the 5,178th most popular writer (up from 5,434th in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 366th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among writers, Tomás António Gonzaga ranks 5,178 out of 7,302. Before him are Mats Wahl, Wilhelm Geiger, Albert Londres, Valerian Pidmohylny, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Willem Bilderdijk. After him are Miho Mosulishvili, Henri Bosco, Jakob van Hoddis, Antoni Lange, René Maran, and Wafa Sultan.

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Among people born in 1744, Tomás António Gonzaga ranks 27. Before him are Conrad Moench, Eise Eisinga, Johann III Bernoulli, David Allan, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, and Micaela Bastidas. After him are Mary Moser, Heinrich Christian Boie, Thomas Mifflin, and Félix de Avelar Brotero. Among people deceased in 1810, Tomás António Gonzaga ranks 32. Before him are Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, George Prideaux Robert Harris, William Martin, Charles Brockden Brown, Said bin Ahmad, and Johann Gottfried Seume. After him are John Hoppner, and Sarah Trimmer.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Tomás António Gonzaga ranks 362 out of 633. Before him are Jaime Pacheco (1958), Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho (1869), Eduardo Lourenço (1923), José Leite de Vasconcelos (1858), Manuel Duarte (1945), and Luís de Freitas Branco (1890). After him are Bruno Lage (1976), Lio (1962), Rui Vitória (1970), José Luandino Vieira (1935), Olegário Benquerença (1969), and Carlos Carvalhal (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Tomás António Gonzaga ranks 31. Before him are Antero de Quental (1842), Florbela Espanca (1894), Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765), Jorge de Montemor (1520), Pêro Vaz de Caminha (1450), and Manuel Alegre (1936). After him are José Luandino Vieira (1935), Guerra Junqueiro (1850), Eugénio de Andrade (1923), Aquilino Ribeiro (1885), Natália Correia (1923), and Jorge de Sena (1919).

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