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José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa
1757–1832
An 18th- and early 19th-century Portuguese poet, he became known for lively, accessible writing that circulated widely in pamphlet form. He also wrote under the pseudonym Josino Leiriense and was remembered for a literary rivalry with Bocage.
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Continuação do Portugal enfermo por vicios, e abusos de ambos os sexos
by José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa
Portugal enfermo por vicios, e abusos de ambos os sexos
by José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa
About the author
Born on October 31, 1757, in Colmeias, near Leiria, José Daniel Rodrigues da Costa spent most of his life connected to Lisbon and built a reputation as a Portuguese poet with broad popular appeal.
He is especially associated with literature published in short, inexpensive pamphlets, which helped his work reach a wide reading public. In literary circles he used the pseudonym Josino Leiriense, and later accounts often note his public rivalry with the poet Bocage.
Rodrigues da Costa died on October 7, 1832. Though not always as internationally well known as some of his contemporaries, he remains an interesting figure in Portuguese literary history for the way his writing moved between literary culture and everyday readers.