Francisco Dias Gomes

Francisco Dias Gomes (1745 – 30 September, 1795)[1] was a Portuguese poet and literary critic.

Biography

Francisco Dias Gomes was born in Lisbon,[2] the son of Fructuoso Dias, a local tradesman, and his wife Vivência Gomes.[3] His work was little known to contemporary men of letters and his career was spent primarily writing poetry in elegiac meter and studying the progress of Portugal's language and literature.[4]

He died of an epidemic fever in 1795.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Pinheiro Chagas, Manuel (1873). "Francisco Dias Gomes." In: Portuguezes Illustres. Lisboa: Livraria de A. Ferin, p. 142.
  2. ↑ McElrone, H.P. (1883). "Gomes and Portuguese Poetry," The Catholic World, Vol. 37, No. 221, p. 655.
  3. ↑ Garção Stockler, Francisco de Borja (1799). "Breve Noticia da Vida e Obras do Autor." In: Obras Poeticas de Francisco Dias Gomes. Lisboa: Academia das Ciências, p. vii.
  4. ↑ McElrone (1883), p. 657.
  5. ↑ McElrone (1883), p. 656.

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