Raul Brandão, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Raul Brandão

Portuguese writer and journalist

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1867

Place of Birth: Foz do Douro, Porto District, Portugal

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1930

Profession: writer, military personnel, journalist

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Raul Germano Brandão (12 March 1867, in Foz do Douro, Porto – 5 December 1930, in Lisbon) was a Portuguese writer, journalist and military officer, notable for the realism of his literary descriptions and by the lyricism of his language.
Brandão was born in Foz do Douro, a parish of Porto, where he spent the majority of his youth.
Born in a family of sailors, the ocean and the sailors are recurring themes in his work.