Known For Writer
Birthday 1799-02-04
Deathday 1854-12-09 (55 years old)
Place of Birth Porto, Portugal
João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, Viscount of Almeida Garrett. was a Portuguese poet, playwright, novelist and politician. He is considered to be the introducer of the Romanticism in Portugal. He is regarded as one of history's greatest romantics and a true revolutionary and humanist.