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C. Afonso dos Santos
A little-known Portuguese poet, C. Afonso dos Santos is remembered for O trophéo, a 1907 volume shaped by student life and military-school camaraderie. Its pages offer a rare glimpse of a young writer connected to Lisbon’s Real Collegio Militar.
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O trophéo
by C. Afonso dos Santos
About the author
C. Afonso dos Santos was a Portuguese-language poet active in Lisbon in the early 20th century. His known work, O trophéo—also rendered in modern spelling as O troféu—was published in 1907 by Typographia da Cooperativa Militar.
The book identifies him as student no. 202 at the Real Collegio Militar and presents the poems as an offering to his fellow students at the close of his seventh year. Beyond this volume, reliable biographical information is scarce, leaving his poetry as the clearest record of his literary interests and school life.