Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins
Portuguese writer
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contribution to Portuguese literature
- In Portuguese literature: Studies in history and literature
The works of Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins demonstrated psychological imagination, a notable capacity for general ideas, and a gift of picturesque narration. He left in his numerous writings a vast portrait gallery of the great figures of his country, particularly in the Portugal contemporaneo (1881; “Contemporary Portugal”).
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