António Cândido Gonçalves Crespo Explained

António Cândido Gonçalves Crespo
Birth Date:11 March 1846
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Death Place:Lisbon, Portugal
Occupation:Poet
Nationality:Portuguese
Alma Mater:University of Coimbra
Movement:Parnassianism
Spouse:Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho

António Cândido Gonçalves Crespo (11 March 1846 – 11 June 1883) was a Brazilian-born Portuguese poet.

Biography

Born to a Portuguese father and a slave mother on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro on 11 March 1846, he moved to Portugal at the age of ten. He was educated at the University of Coimbra, but "devoted himself almost exclusively to the Muses at Lisbon."[1] His poetry was deeply informed by Parnassianism. He occasionally collaborated with his wife Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho, also a noted writer.

He died in Lisbon on 11 June 1883, aged 37.

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Notes and References

  1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern. Vol. XLII. Page 124.