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" Smiles and tears are the condition of life."- Camilo Castelo Branco

 

Camilo Ferreira Botelho Castelo Branco (Lisboa, 16 de Março de 1825 — São Miguel de Seide, 1 de Junho de 1890) foi um escritor português. Camilo foi romancista português, além de cronista, crítico, dramaturgo, historiador, poeta e tradutor.

Teve uma vida atribulada que lhe serviu muitas vezes de inspiração para as suas novelas. Foi o primeiro escritor de língua portuguesa a viver exclusivamente dos seus escritos literários. Apesar de ter de escrever para um público, sujeitando-se assim aos ditames da moda, conseguiu ter uma escrita muito original.

 

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Camilo Ferreira Botelho Castelo-Branco,1st Viscount de Correia Botelho (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐˈmilu kɐʃˈtɛlu ˈbɾɐ̃ku]; March 16, 1825 - July 1, 1890), was a prolific Portuguese writer of the 19th century, having authored over 260 books (mainly novels, plays and essays). His writing is, overall, considered original in that it combines the dramatic and sentimental spirit of Romanticism with a highly personal combination of sarcasm, bitterness and dark humour. He is also celebrated for his peculiar wit and anecdotal character, as well as for his turbulent (and ultimately tragical) biography.

His writing, which is centered in the local and the picturesque and is in a general sense affiliated with the Romantic tradition, is often regarded in contrast to that of Eça de Queiroz - a cosmopolitan dandy and a fervorous proponent of Realism, who was Camilo's literary contemporary in spite of being 20 years younger. In this tension between Camilo and Eça - often dubbed by critics the literary guerilla - many have interpreted a synthesis of the two great tendencies present in the Portuguese literature of the 19th century.

 

 

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