Almeida Garrett

Writer Feb 4 (died age 55) Porto, Portugal 1924–2014 (90 year career)

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Biography

João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, Viscount of Almeida Garrett. was a Portuguese poet, playwright, novelist and politician. He is considered to be the introducer of the Romanticism in Portugal. He is regarded as one of history's greatest romantics and a true revolutionary and humanist.