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Wenceslau de Moraes

Portuguese writer

Died when: 75 years 32 days (901 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Wenceslau de Moraes

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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