author
António Duarte Gomes Leal
1848–1921
A vivid and unconventional voice in Portuguese poetry, he moved from rebellious, decadent themes to a later life marked by poverty and renewed religious feeling. His work helped make him one of the memorable literary figures of late 19th-century Portugal.
4 Audiobooks
O Renegado a António Rodrigues Sampaio carta ao Velho Pamphletario sobre a perseguição da imprensa
by António Duarte Gomes Leal
A Fome de Camões
by António Duarte Gomes Leal
A morte do athleta
by António Duarte Gomes Leal
Claridades do sul
by António Duarte Gomes Leal
About the author
Born in Lisbon in 1848, António Duarte Gomes Leal became known as a Portuguese poet and literary critic with a striking, restless style. He studied literature but did not complete his course, and for a time worked as a notary clerk while building a reputation in literary and journalistic circles.
In his younger years, he was associated with bohemian life and provocative themes, and he was often linked with the decadent side of Portuguese poetry. Among the works most often mentioned in accounts of his career are Claridades do Sul and O Anti-Cristo, books that helped define his public image as a bold and challenging writer.
Later accounts of his life describe a difficult final period marked by poverty and a turn toward Catholicism after his mother's death. He died in Lisbon in 1921, remembered as an original and dramatic presence in Portuguese literature.