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- Novelist committed to social reform who introduced Naturalism and Realism to Portugal. He is often considered to be the greatest Portuguese novelist, certainly the leading 19th-century Portuguese novelist whose fame was international. The son of a prominent magistrate, Eça de Queiroz spent his early years with relatives and was sent to boarding school at the age of five. After receiving his degree in law in 1866 from the University of Coimbra, where he read widely French, he settled in Lisbon. There his father, who had since married Eça de Queiroz' mother, made up for past neglect by helping the young man make a start in the legal profession. Eça de Queiroz' real interest lay in literature, however, and soon his short stories - ironic, fantastic, macabre, and often gratuitously shocking - and essays on a wide variety of subjects began to appear in the "Gazeta de Portugal". By 1871 he had become closely associated with a group of rebellious Portuguese intellectuals committed to social and artistic reform and known as the Generation of '70. Eça de Queiroz gave one of a series of lectures sponsored by the group in which he denounced contemporary Portuguese literature as unoriginal and hypocritical. He served as consul, first in Havana (1872-74), then in England, UK - in Newcastle upon Tyne (1874-79) and in Bristol (1879-88). During this time he wrote the novels for which he is best remembered, attempting to bring about social reform in Portugal through literature by exposing what he held to be the evils and the absurdities of the traditional order. His first novel, "O crime do Padre Amaro" (1875; "The Sin of Father Amaro", 1962), describes the destructive effects of celibacy on a priest of weak character and the dangers of fanaticism in a provincial Portuguese town. A biting satire on the romantic ideal of passion and its tragic consequences appears in his next novel, "O Primo Basílio" (1878; "Cousin Bazilio", 1953). Caustic satire characterizes the novel that is generally considered Eça de Queiroz' masterpiece, "Os Maias (1888; "The Maias", 1965), a detailed depiction of upper middle-class and aristocratic Portuguese society. His last novels are sentimental, unlike his earlier work. "A Cidade e as Serras" (1901; "The City and the Mountains", 1955) extols the beauty of the Portuguese countryside and the joys of rural life. Eça de Queiroz was appointed consul in Paris in 1888, where he served until his death. Of his posthumously published works, "Contos" (1902) is a collection of short stories, and "Últimas Páginas" (1912) includes saints' legends. Translations of his works persisted into the second half of the 20th century.
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Guilherme Mesquita was born in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Guilherme is a writer and editor, known for 1618 (2021), Bad Investigate (2018) and Katty Xiomara's Parachute Trip (2019).- Helder Postiga was born on 2 August 1982 in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal. He has been married to Filipa since June 2005. They have two children.
- Pedro Galiza was born in 1986 in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. He is an actor, known for Infinite Sea (2021), Sefarad (2019) and A Luz de Judá (2020).
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José Leitão was born on 15 November 1976 in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal. José is a producer, known for Hellraiser: Deader - Winter's Lament (2009) and Hell on Earth: The Story of Hellraiser III (2015).- Francisco Gomes de Amorim was born on 13 August 1827 in Averomar, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. He was a writer, known for A Proibição (1959). He was married to Maria Luisa da Silva Barbosa. He died on 4 November 1891 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Diogo Freitas do Amaral was born on 21 July 1941 in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal. He was a writer, known for O Magnífico Reitor (2001), Bom Povo Português (1980) and No Dia Em Que... (2009). He was married to Maria José Salgado Sarmento de Matos. He died on 3 October 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal.
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António dos Santos Graça's last name was Constantino but he took his godfather last name (António Baptista Graça - who was also the family doctor) and the new family name Santos-Graça was passed on the future generations. He married in 1899 with Maria d'Assunção Maio and together they had 8 children. Born within a simple family in the coastal fishermen community of Póvoa de Varzim (Northern Portugal), António dos Santos Graça became a self-taught well known and beloved figure as an entrepreneur, journalist, politician, writer, ethnographer. He dedicated his most important works to his own community - he studied, researched and published about Póvoa de Varzim's traditional uses and customs of the fishing community and its maritime and nautical activity. Therefore, he participated in the movie Ala Arriba as a consultant.