Júlio Dinis,

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of Joaquim Guilherme Gomes Coelho (14 November 1839 – 12 September 1871) was a Portuguese doctor and poet, playwright and novelist. He was the first great novelist of modern Portuguese middle-class society. His novels, extremely popular in his lifetime and still widely read in Portugal today, are written in a simple and direct style accessible to a large public. His first attacks of

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forced him to resign as deputy professor at the medical school of

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. He had already published several tales of country life in the Jornal do Porto. Retiring to the coastal town of Ovar for his health, he wrote the novel for which he is best known, ''

As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor ''As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor'' is a Portuguese romance novel by Júlio Dinis, written in 1863 and published in 1867. It was a success, and followed with a number of similar themed novels, such as '' A Morgadinha dos Canaviais'' (1868). The nove ...

'' (1867; "The Dean's Pupils"), depicting country life and scenery in a simple and appealing style. It was based on his own family situation and described the influence of the English on Portuguese culture. (His mother was English.) Encouraged by its immediate success, he published ''Uma Família Inglesa'' (1868; "An English Family"), a novel describing English society in Porto. Júlio Dinis died at the young age of 31 of tuberculosis, and some of his works including his poems and plays were published posthumously. He is best-remembered for his novels: ''As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor'' had gone through 14 editions by 1900. A translation of ''Uma Família Inglesa'' by

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was published in 2020, the first of his works to be available in English.

Works

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'' (1867) * '' A Morgadinha dos Canaviais'' (1868) * ''Uma Família Inglesa'' (1868) trans.

, ''An English Family'',

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, 2020, * ''Serões da Província'' (1870) * ''Os Fidalgos da Casa Mourisca'' (1871) * ''Poesias'' (1873) * ''Inéditos e Dispersos'' (1910) * ''Teatro Inédito'' (1946–1947)

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* * * Portuguese medical writers University of Porto alumni People from Porto 1839 births 1871 deaths Portuguese male novelists 19th-century Portuguese writers 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis 19th-century Portuguese novelists 19th-century male writers Tuberculosis deaths in Portugal {{Portugal-writer-stub Portuguese people of British descent