Amores de Camilo brings you into the turbulent world associated with Camilo Castelo Branco, one of the great forces in nineteenth-century Portuguese writing. Born in Lisbon in 1825, he built an extraordinary career across novels, journalism, criticism, theatre, history, poetry, and translation. He also became the first Portuguese-language author to support himself entirely through literary work.
His life carried as much drama as many of his stories. He lost his mother at two and his father at ten; his schooling was uneven, shaped by provincial priests, classical reading, Latin texts, and the landscapes of Trás-os-Montes. At sixteen he married, and his adult life became marked by intense relationships, public scandals, prison, journalism, and relentless writing.
His love affair with Ana Plácido led to both of them being held in Porto’s Cadeia da Relação while they faced an adultery case. They were acquitted, then lived together. Camilo later drew on imprisonment in his book Memórias do Cárcere.
King Luís granted him the title of first Viscount of Correia Botelho, yet his enduring distinction is the sheer breadth and popularity of his work. This stop, created in 2012, gives his loves a name of their own.
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