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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Eça and the second or paternal family name is de Queirós.
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José Maria de Eça de Queirós
Eça de Queirós c. 1882.jpg
Born (1845-11-25)25 November 1845
Póvoa de Varzim, Kingdom of Portugal
Died 16 August 1900(1900-08-16) (aged 54)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Occupation Novelist/Consul
Nationality Portuguese
Literary movement Realism, Romanticism
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José Maria de Eça de Queirós ( 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. During his lifetime the spelling was Eça de Queiroz, and this is the form that appears on many editions of his works; the modern standard Portuguese spelling is "Eça de Queirós".

Images for kids

  • Praça do Almada - Estatua a Eça de Queiroz

    Statue of Eça in Póvoa de Varzim; a couple of metres from his birthplace

  • Jose Maria De Eca De Queiros 1845 -1900 - 53, Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne 1874 - 1879 (3365103420)

    Plaque in Grey Street, Newcastle

  • EçadeQueiroz

    Bust of Eça de Queiroz in the Avenue Charles de Gaulle, Neuilly-sur-Seine

  • Os Maias Book Cover

    Cover of the first edition of Os Maias

  • EcadeQueirozStatue Lisbon

    Statue of Eça de Queroz on Rua do Alecrim in Lisbon

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