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Xavier de Carvalho
1862–1919
A Portuguese poet, critic, and journalist who spent much of his life in Paris, he helped bring new literary ideas from France into Portuguese-language culture. His writing moved between poetry, criticism, translation, and lively commentary on the artistic world of his time.
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Apotheose Camoneana
by Xavier de Carvalho
About the author
José Xavier de Carvalho Júnior was a Portuguese journalist, poet, critic, translator, and republican activist, born in Lisbon on January 30, 1861, and died in Paris on August 3, 1919. He is often identified simply as Xavier de Carvalho, though some library records list him as born in 1862.
He lived for many years in Paris and became an important cultural go-between linking Portugal, France, and Brazil. Writing for Portuguese and Brazilian newspapers, he was especially known for his Cartas de Paris, pieces that reported on French political, artistic, and literary life for readers back home.
Carvalho also helped introduce newer European literary movements into the Portuguese-speaking world, including Symbolism and, later, Futurism. Alongside his journalism and criticism, he published literary work of his own, including the poetry collection Apotheose Camoneana.