Júlio Dinis (1839 - 1871)

Júlio Dinis, pseudonym of Joaquim Guilherme Gomes Coelho (14 November 1839, in Porto – 12 September 1871, in Porto) was a Portuguese doctor, poet, playwright, and novelist, the first great novelist of modern Portuguese middle-class society. His novels, extremely popular in his lifetime and still widely read in Portugal today, are written in a simple and direct style accessible to a large public. Dinis' poems and plays were published posthumously, but he is best-remembered for his novels. "As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor", his most famous work, had gone through 14 editions by 1900.