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Francisco Luís Coutinho de Miranda

d. 1883

A 19th-century Portuguese dramatist and journalist, he wrote sharp, politically charged stage works that captured the turbulence of his time. His surviving plays suggest a writer drawn to public life, controversy, and the theater.

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Á hora do crime

Á hora do crime

by Francisco Luís Coutinho de Miranda

About the author

Francisco Luís Coutinho de Miranda was a Portuguese writer and journalist who died in 1883. Reference sources available online describe him as an intense political partisan and a dramatic critic who contributed to newspapers including O Progresso and Correio da Noite.

He is remembered today mainly for short dramatic works. Among the titles linked to him are Pesca de corações and Á hora do crime, a one-act dramatic fantasy connected to the assassination of General Prim and the political unrest of the period.

The surviving record is fairly sparse, but it paints a lively picture: a man deeply involved in journalism, theater, and the fierce political debates of 19th-century Portugal. That combination gives his work an immediate, public-facing energy that still makes it interesting to encounter now.