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Barbosa Manuel Maria de Bocage
(1765—1805)

Barbosa du Bocage (1765-1805), an accomplished Arcadian poet (known as Amano Sadino) with strong romantic tendencies, wrote a great deal of occasional verse. Bell thought he was capable of much greater things. The poet was an infantry soldier, but deserted at Damão and spent some time wandering through China, Macao and Goa before returning to Portugal. Tried and imprisoned on the basis of the anti-monarchical and anti-Catholic tone of his poems, when he was released he spent the rest of his life mostly doing translations, at which he was quite skilled. His work has continually remained in print, though often in questionable editions. Always popular, Bocage has been gaining the esteem of critics.

Portugal, 1966, Barbosa de Bocage

Portugal, 1966, Barbosa de Bocage

Portugal, 1966, Barbosa de Bocage

Portugal, 1948, Camões and verses of Bocage