Eugénio de Castro was a 19th century Portuguese poet, dramatic author, and professor born in Coimbra. He graduated from the University of Coimbra where he later taught and helped found a magazine. In 1890, he published his book of poems "Oaristos" which was influential in bringing Symbolism to Portuguese poetry. Throughout his career, he drew inspiration from classical antiquity and Portuguese history in his works. Our local school was named after Eugénio de Castro.

1. Comenius Project
A Virtual Museum of our Town
By Henrique Malo

2.  Eugénio de Castro was born on 4th March 1869, in Coimbra.
 His main occupation was writing. He was a poet and a
dramatic author.
 He was also a professor at the Faculty of Letters at the
University of Coimbra.
 As a poet he used new rhymes, metrics (Alexandrine verses)
and richer vocabulary. He also wrote about Ancient classics.

3.  By 1889 he graduated in Arts from the University of Coimbra, where he later
became a teacher.
 He also started the magazine “The Unruly“ along with João Menezes Bastos
Francisco, during the last year of their degree in 1889. He wrote for the
magazine he had founded as well as for "New Bohemia", both followers of
French Symbolism.
 In 1890, Eugénio de Castro published the book of poems "Oaristos“, a
milestone in Symbolism in Portugal.
 During his second phase, the neoclassical one – which corresponds to the
poems written in the 20th century –, he was inspired both by Classical
Antiquity and the Portuguese past. This revealed a certain nostalgia, which
was typical of the first decades of the 20th century in Portugal.
 Our school was named after him.

4. Eugénio de Castro was born in this
house, on March 4th 1869.

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