author
Diogo de Macedo
b. 1844
A 19th-century Portuguese novelist, he is remembered for O Christão Novo, a historical novel set in 16th-century Portugal. The surviving record is sparse, which gives his work an added sense of discovery for modern readers.
1 Audiobook
O Christão novo Romance Historico do Seculo XVI
by Diogo de Macedo
About the author
Diogo de Macedo was a Portuguese author born in Peso da Régua in 1844. Reliable catalog records identify him as the author of O Christão Novo, and archival material indicates he lived into the 20th century, with one archive listing 1844–1938.
His best-known work, O Christão Novo, was published in 1876 and presented as a historical novel of the 16th century. The book points to an interest in Portuguese history and religious tension, using the past as the setting for drama and conflict.
Beyond those core facts, biographical details are limited in the sources I could confirm. That makes him one of those authors whose reputation now rests largely on the endurance of a single surviving work rather than on a fully documented public life.