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José Simões Dias (1844 in Benfeita, Arganil – 3 March 1899 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese poet, short-story writer and literary critic, as well as politician and pedagogue.[1][2] His poetry is generally affiliated with the later Romantic tradition, sometimes termed Ultra-Romanticism, although some of his poems, popular in tone, can be seen to betray an affinity for the Realist aesthetics that was then beginning to blossom in Portuguese letters.[3]

José Simões Dias
José Simões Dias in O Occidente (1899)
Born	(1844-02-05)5 February 1844 Benfeita, Portugal
Died	3 March 1899(1899-03-03) (aged 55) Lisbon, Portugal
Occupation	Writer

As a deputy to the National Assembly under the constitutional monarchy of Luís I,[1] he authored the bill that would transform the birthday of Camões (June 10) into Portugal Day, an important national holiday.

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