José Valentim Fialho de Almeida, better known as Fialho de Almeida (7 May 1857 – 4 March 1911), was a

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

writer, journalist, and translator associated with

Symbolism Symbolism or symbolist may refer to: Arts * Symbolism (arts), a 19th-century movement rejecting Realism ** Symbolist movement in Romania, symbolist literature and visual arts in Romania during the late 19th and early 20th centuries ** Russian sym ...

and the

Decadent movement The Decadent movement (Fr. ''décadence'', “decay”) was a late-19th-century artistic and literary movement, centered in Western Europe, that followed an aesthetic ideology of excess and artificiality. The Decadent movement first flourishe ...

. In his political writings, he often expressed anti-monarchical and republican sentiments.

Works

* ''Contos'' (1881) * ''A cidade do Vício'' (1882) * ''Os Gatos'' (1889-1894) * ''Lisboa Galante'' (1890) * ''O País das Uvas'' (1893) * ''Galiza'' (1905) * ''Saibam Quantos...'' (1912) (Non-Fiction) * ''Aves Migradoras'' (1914) * ''A taça do rei de Tule e outros contos'' (2001, Posthumous)

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* 19th-century Portuguese people 1857 births 1911 deaths Symbolism (arts) Decadent literature {{Portugal-writer-stub