What is Camilo Pessanha?
[[File:Camilo Pessanha.jpg|thumb|Camilo Pessanha]] '''Camilo Pessanha''' (1867-1926) was a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] poet. He is regarded as the most important representative of [[symbolism]] in Portuguese literature.<ref name=Pessanha>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Camilo-Pessanha Camillo Pessanha at Encyclopaedia Britannica]</ref> == Biography == Camilo de Almeida Pessanha was born in Coimbra on 7 September 1867.<ref name=Camilo>{{Cite web |url=http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/sabermaissobre/cpessanha/02.html |title=Camillo Pessanha at instituto-camoes.pt |access-date=2016-10-16 |archive-date=2016-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904160027/http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/sabermaissobre/cpessanha/02.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> His parents were Francisco António de Almeida Pessanha and Maria do Espírito Santo Duarte Nunes Pereira.<ref name=Camilo/> He studied law at the university of Coimbra.<ref name=Camilo/> After finishing his studies he went to [[Macao]], a Portuguese town in [[China]]. He worked as a teacher there. Pessanha became interested in Chinese culture. He learned [[Chinese language|Chinese]].<ref name=Pessanha/> He died in Macao on 1 March 1926. His death may have been caused by the poet's [[opium]] habit.<ref name=Pessanha/> == Works == Camilo Pessanha is the author of only one poetic book. It is named Clépsidra and was published in 1922.<ref name=Vercial>{{Cite web |url=http://alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt/vercial/pessanha.htm |title=Camillo Pessanha at Projecto Vercial |access-date=2016-10-16 |archive-date=2017-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228162033/http://alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt/vercial/pessanha.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also wrote some books about Chinese culture.<ref name=Pessanha/> He collected some works of art in China.<ref name=Pessanha/> He translated some classic Chinese poems, too.<ref name=Pessanha/> Pessanha's works influenced [[Fernando Pessoa]]'s poetry. He wrote chiefly [[sonnet]]s. == References == {{reflist}} == Bibliography ==