José Maria de Eça de Queirós or
Eça de Queiroz (November 25, 1845 – August 16, 1900) is generally considered to be the greatest Portuguese writer in the
realist style.
Zola considered him to be far greater than
Flaubert. The
London Observer critics rank him with
Dickens,
Balzac and
Tolstoy. Eça never officially rejected Catholicism, but was very critical of the
Catholic Church of his time, and of
Christianity in general (also
Protestant churches) as is evident in some of his novels.
He used the old-fashioned spelling "Eça de Queiroz" and this is the form that appears on many editions of his works; the modern standard
Portuguese spelling is "Eça de Queirós".
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Thank you very much for it,Ana :) It reminds me of the queen Agatha Christie detective hero Hercule Poirot :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot
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