Eça de Queirós

Posted by Graça B. (Lisboa, Portugal) on 24 February 2008 in Art & Design.

(1846-1900), Novelist and short-story writer, one of the leading intellectuals of the 'Generation of 1870'. Eça de Queirós introduced naturalism and realism to Portuguese literature. He is considered the major novelist of his generation.

Selected works:

O Crime do Padre Amaro, 1876 - The Sin of Father Amaro (trans. by Margaret Jull Costa)
O Primo Basilio, 1878 - Cousin Bazilio: A Domestic Episode (trans. by Margaret Jull Costa )
O Mandarim, 1880 - The Mandarin
A Relíquia, 1887 - The Relic (translators: Aubrey Bell, Margaret Julia Costa)
Os Maias, 1888 - The Maias (trans. by Ann Stevens, Patrica McGowan Pinheiro)
A Ilustre Casa de Ramires, 1900 - The Illustrious of House Ramires (trans. by Anne Stevens)
A Cidade e as Serras, 1901 - The City & the Mountains (trans. by Roy Campbell)

"Happiness would arrive one day and to hasten its arrival I did everything that a good Portuguese and a constitutionalist could do: I prayed every night to Our Lady of Sorrows and bought lottery tickets, the cheapest available." (from The Mandarin, 1880)

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