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AbIlio Guerra Junqueiro[AbE´lyO ger´u zhoonkA´rO] Pronunciation Key, 1850–1923, Portuguese poet. A revolutionary, he wrote violent satiric poems attacking conservatism, romanticism, and the Church. Typical are A morte de Dom JOas (1874) and A velhice do Padre Eterno (1885). He later turned to writing simple, touching lyrics of rural life, as in Os simples (1892).
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