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Miguel Torga

Born

in São Martinho de Anta, Sabrosa, Portugal

August 12, 1907

Died

January 17, 1995

Website

http://purl.pt/13860/1/index.html

Genre

Poetry, Short Stories, Biographies & Memoirs

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Miguel Torga, pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha was one of the greatest Portuguese writers of the 20th century. He wrote poetry, short stories, theater and a 16 volume diary.

He was born in a village in Trás-os-Montes, northern Portugal, to small-time farmer parents. After a short spell as student in a catholic seminary in Lamego, also in Trás-os-Montes, in 1920 his father sent him to Brazil where he worked on the coffee plantation of an uncle who, finding him to be a clever student, paid his high school there and afterwards his medicine graduation (1933) at the University of Coimbra, in Portugal (to where he returns in 1925).

After graduation he worked in his village and in other places in the country, publishing his books from his own p ...more

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	Bichos 3.84 avg rating — 3,437 ratings — published 1940 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contos Da Montanha 4.13 avg rating — 1,256 ratings — published 1944 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Novos Contos Da Montanha 4.04 avg rating — 1,047 ratings — published 1944 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Senhor Ventura 3.66 avg rating — 443 ratings — published 1943 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Criação Do Mundo 4.54 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 1937 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Portugal by Miguel Torga, Claire Cayron (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 1950 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vindima by Miguel Torga, Cristina Pereira (Revisora) 4.22 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1945 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antologia Poética 4.39 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contos 4.42 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diario - 1932-1987 4.61 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Recomeça…
Se puderes,
Sem angústia e sem pressa.
E os passos que deres,
Nesse caminho duro
Do futuro,
Dá-os em liberdade.
Enquanto não alcances
Não descanses.
De nenhum fruto queiras só metade.
E, nunca saciado,
Vai colhendo
Ilusões sucessivas no pomar
E vendo
Acordado,
O logro da aventura.
És homem, não te esqueças!
Só é tua a loucura
Onde, com lucidez, te reconheças.”
― Miguel Torga

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“May the sun come, it's a new day; In the pure land of fantasy; That our darkness enlightened”
― Miguel Torga

tags: faith, hope, light

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“...onde está ou tenha estado um homem é preciso que esteja ou tenha estado toda a humanidade.”
― Miguel Torga

tags: history, mankind, past

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