MANOEL DE FARIA Y SOUSA
\mˈanə͡ʊl də fˈe͡əɹiə wˈa͡ɪ sˈa͡ʊsə], \mˈanəʊl də fˈeəɹiə wˈaɪ sˈaʊsə], \m_ˈa_n_əʊ_l d_ə f_ˈeə_ɹ_i__ə w_ˈaɪ s_ˈaʊ_s_ə]\
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A Portuguese poet and historical writer (1590-1649). His four volumes ("Fount of Aganippe") of sonnets, eclogues, songs, and madrigals, are eccentric but original. He wrote a "History of the Kingdom of Portugal", a history of "Portuguese Asia", "Portuguese Africa", etc., besides many essays in literary criticism. Most of his works are in Spanish.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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