author
Teixeira de Queiroz
1848–1919
A Portuguese novelist and doctor who wrote under the pen name Bento Moreno, he is remembered for fiction rooted in everyday life and the social world around him. His work helped bring regional detail and close observation into Portuguese literature of the late 19th century.
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A nossa Gente
by Teixeira de Queiroz
About the author
Born in Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal, on May 3, 1848, Francisco Teixeira de Queiroz studied medicine at the University of Coimbra. Although he trained as a doctor, he devoted much of his life to writing and also held leadership roles in business.
He published under the literary name Bento Moreno and became known as a Portuguese novelist whose work is often linked with careful social observation. Accounts of his writing describe a strong interest in regional life, especially the customs and character of northern Portugal.
Teixeira de Queiroz died in Sintra on July 22, 1919. Today he is remembered as part of the generation of Portuguese writers who helped shape realist and naturalist fiction at the end of the 19th century.