CASTELO BRANCO, CAMILO, VISCOUNT OF CORREIA BOTELHO


Meaning of CASTELO BRANCO, CAMILO, VISCOUNT OF CORREIA BOTELHO in English

born March 16, 1825, Lisbon, Port.

died June 1, 1890, Seide

Portuguese novelist.

An orphan from a family with a tendency to insanity, he studied medicine and theology before beginning to write. While imprisoned for eloping with another man's wife, he wrote his best-known work, Amor de perdição (1862; "Fatal Love"), about a thwarted love that leads to crime and exile. His 58 novels, many mirroring his passionate life, range from Romantic melodrama to realism. His best works include O romance d'um homem rico (1861; "The Love Story of a Rich Man") and O retrato de Ricardina (1868; "Portrait of Ricardina"). Ennobled in 1885, he committed suicide five years later.

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