Author: João da Câmara
Alternate names: João Gonçalves Zarco da Câmara; D. João da Câmara; Dom João da Câmara; D. João Gonçalves Zarco da Câmara; João da Câmara; João da Camara; D. Joao da Camara; Joao Da Camara
Born: 1852
Died: 1908
Bio: João da Câmara was a Portuguese playwright. He became Portugal’s outstanding dramatist at the end of the 19th century with such works as Afonso VI (1890), Rosa enjeitada (1901; “Rose Abandoned”), and Os velhos (1893; “The Old Ones”); and was the first Portuguese person nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.