Poet Miguel Torga

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Miguel Torga

Living place: Portugal

Birthday: 12-8-1907

Global rank: #73081

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Who is Poet Miguel Torga?
Prominent Portuguese fiction writer, poet, and playwright of Twentieth Century who was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. His most famous works include Contos da Montanha, O Outro Livro de Job, and Bichos.
He published two films about travel in the 1950s.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He studied medicine at the University of Coimbra, graduating in 1933. He published his first book of poetry, Ansiedade, in 1928.

Family life info

His Belgian wife, Andree Crabbe, is a teacher. The couple became parents to a daughter named Clara.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Poet Miguel Torga?
He and RS Thomas were both nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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When was Poet Miguel Torga born?
Miguel Torga was born in 12-8-1907, death year is , at the age of 117.
Where is Poet Miguel Torga's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Miguel Torga was born in Portugal. is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Miguel Torga's global rank is 73081 and whose rank is 584 in list of famous Poet.
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Events in 1907 and 12-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Miguel Torga

  • Second Hague Peace Conference, of 46 nations, adopts 10 conventions on rules of war.
  • The first Cubist exhibition is held in Paris.

Birthday Miguel Torga (12-8) in history

  • Day 12-8 year 1624: Cardinal Richelieu was named head of state of France by King Louis XIII.
  • Day 12-8 year 1851: Issac Singer patented the sewing machine.
  • Day 12-8 year 1865: British surgeon Joseph Lister became the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery.
  • Day 12-8 year 1898: Hawaii was formally annexed to the United States.
  • Day 12-8 year 1972: The last American combat troops left Vietnam.
  • Day 12-8 year 1985: In the world's worst single-aircraft disaster, a Japan Air Lines 747 crashed into Mount Osutaka, killing 520 of the 524 aboard.
  • Day 12-8 year 1998: Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle lawsuits brought by Holocaust survivors and their heirs. The banks had kept millions of dollars deposited by Holocaust victims before and during World War II.
  • Day 12-8 year 2000: The Russian military submarine, Kursk, and its crew were lost in the Barents Sea.
  • Day 12-8 year 2004: N.J. governor James McGreevey announced his resignation.
  • Day 12-8 year 2013: Notorious Boston gangster James (Whitey) Bulger was found guilty of 31 of the 32 charges he faced, including murder, extortion, money laundering, drug dealing and possession of weapons.
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