Author: Miguel Torga
Born: 12 August 1907
Died: 17 January 1995
Bio: Miguel Torga (pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha) was a poet and diarist whose forceful and highly individual literary style and treatment of universal themes make him one of the most important writers in 20th-century Portuguese literature… He wrote poetry, short stories, a genre in which he is accounted a master, theater and a 16 volume diary, written from 1932 to 1993.

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Miguel Torga (pseudónimo de Adolfo Correia da Rocha) foi um dos mais influentes poetas e escritores portugueses do século XX. Torga destacou-se como poeta, contista e memorialista, mas escreveu também romances, peças de teatro e ensaios.