António Ferreira (poet)

António Ferreira
Born1528
Lisbon, Portugal
Died29 November 1569(1569-11-29) (aged 40–41)
Lisbon, Portugal
OccupationPoet

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.

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