António Gomes Leal
| António Duarte Gomes Leal | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
June 6, 1848 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | January 29, 1921 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Genre | Romance, religion |
| Subject | Women, death, travel, misery |
António Gomes Leal was a Portuguese poet.[1]
Life and work
Leal was born in square Rossio, parish of Pena in Lisbon. He was the son of João António Gomes Leal (d. 1876), a customs officer, and Henrietta Fernandina Monteiro Alves Cabral Leal.
Leal studied literature, but did not complete his studies and became a notary clerk of Lisbon. During his youth took pose poet Bohemian,& Satanism, but with the death of his mother in 1910, he fell in the poverty and converted to Catholicism.[2]
References
- ↑ Teresa Soares Correia. "Gomes Leal". Centro Virtual Camões (in Portuguese). Instituto Camões. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ↑ {Encyclopedia Larrousse (vol. 11)} ISBN 978-972-759-931-8
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