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Guilherme Braga
1843–1874
A passionate Portuguese poet and journalist from Porto, he wrote with unusual force about freedom, religion, and private sorrow. His work belongs to the city’s late-Romantic literary world and carries both tenderness and bite.
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O Bispo: Nova «Heresia», em verso
by Guilherme Braga
About the author
Born in Porto on March 22, 1845, Guilherme da Silva Braga was a Portuguese poet, journalist, and public speaker associated with the second Romantic generation in Porto. He moved in the same literary circle as his brother Alexandre Braga and became known for verse that could be both intimate and fiercely combative.
Sources agree that his writing often turned against hypocrisy in religion and in public life, while also showing warmth in poems about home and affection. He published poetry during his lifetime, and works such as Heras e violetas and O Bispo helped build his reputation as a sharp, emotional voice in 19th-century Portuguese letters.
His life was brief and marked by hardship. He died in Porto on July 26, 1874, of tuberculosis, still very young, and some accounts note that he had already endured the loss of four children.