Wenceslau de Moraes
Portuguese writer
Died when: 75 years 32 days (901 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Wenceslau José de Souza de Moraes (30 May 1854, in Lisbon – 1 July 1929, in Tokushima), in modern orthography Venceslau José de Sousa de Morais, was a Portuguese writer whose works were steeped in orientalism and exoticism, particularly the culture of Japan.
He has been compared to Lafcadio Hearn, a contemporary who settled in Japan but wrote in English.A translator of Haiku, his verse was also influenced by Symbolism.
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