Camilo Almeida Pessanha

Born in Coimbra on September 7, 1867, he studied law at the University of Coimbra before moving to Macau, then a Portuguese territory in China. There he worked as a teacher and later held legal and administrative posts, while living far from the literary circles of Portugal.

Although he published relatively little, he became one of the most admired poets of Portuguese Symbolism. His poetry is known for its delicacy, melancholy, and carefully shaped sound, and the collection Clepsidra is the book most closely linked with his name.

He died in Macau on March 1, 1926. Over time, his reputation only grew, and he is now widely seen as one of the essential poets of modern Portuguese literature.