author
Ernesto Pires
1857–1884
A Portuguese poet and writer from Porto, he published with striking energy before dying in his twenties. His work includes poetry and literary criticism, with a special place for his tribute to Camões.
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Camões e o amor no aniversario 304 da morte do poeta
by Ernesto Pires
About the author
Ernesto Silvino Dias Gomes de Castro Pires was a Portuguese poet and writer, born in Porto on July 31, 1857, and died there on December 2, 1884. The sources found for this page consistently identify him as a 19th-century Portuguese literary figure associated with poetry and prose.
He is remembered in part for Camões e o amor, published in 1884, and for his wider literary activity in journals and magazines. A Wikisource author page also notes that he directed the Revista de arte e de crítica between 1878 and 1879, suggesting an active role in the literary culture of his time despite his short life.
Because the available pages located here offer only a brief outline, it seems safest to present him as a promising young Portuguese man of letters whose known work centers on poetry, essays, and literary appreciation.