Almeida Garrett

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Almeida Garrett was a pioneering 19th-century Portuguese Romantic writer, playwright, and politician who helped modernize Portuguese literature and theater.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
playwright
poet
politician
romanticist
birthDate 1799-02-04
birthPlace Kingdom of Portugal
Porto
burialPlace Prazeres Cemetery
commemoratedBy Teatro Almeida Garrett (various theatres named after him)
linked to: Teatro São Luiz

statue in Porto
countryOfCitizenship Portugal
deathDate 1854-12-09
deathPlace Kingdom of Portugal
Lisbon
educatedAt University of Coimbra
familyName Almeida Garrett
Leitão
fullName João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett
linked to: Almeida Garrett
gender male
genre drama
novel
poetry
givenName João Baptista
hasWorkInTheCollection Portuguese canon of literature
ideology liberalism
influenced Portuguese Romantic literature
knownFor introducing Romanticism in Portugal
modernizing Portuguese literature
reforming Portuguese theatre
languageOfWorkOrName Portuguese
movement Romanticism
notableWork Camões
linked to: Luís de Camões

Frei Luís de Sousa
Viagens na Minha Terra
occupation journalist
orator
playwright
poet
politician
writer
participatedIn Portuguese Liberal Wars
positionHeld Deputy in the Portuguese Parliament
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal
Peer of the Realm
wasExiledTo England
France

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Portuguese literature notableAuthor Almeida Garrett
Rua Garrett namedAfter Almeida Garrett
Almeida Garrett fullName João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett
linked to: Almeida Garrett
Almeida Garrett familyName Almeida Garrett
Praça de Almeida Garrett hasNameOrigin Almeida Garrett
Praça de Almeida Garrett namedAfter Almeida Garrett