Eça de Queiroz
Eça de Queirós | |
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| Born | José Maria de Eça de Queirós 25 November 1845 Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal |
| Died | 16 August 1900 (aged 54) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Occupation | Novelist, consul |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Literary movement | Realism, Romanticism |
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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.