Wenceslau de Moraes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wenceslau de Moraes

Portuguese writer

Date of Birth: 30-May-1854

Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

Date of Death: 01-Jul-1929

Profession: writer, poet, diplomat, journalist

Nationality: Portugal

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Wenceslau José de Sousa de Moraes (30 May 1854, in Lisbon – 1 July 1929, in Tokushima), in modern orthography Venceslau de Morais, was a Portuguese writer whose works were steeped in orientalism and exoticism, particularly the culture of Japan.
He has been compared to Lafcadio Hearn, a contemporary who settled in Japan but wrote in English.
A translator of Haiku, his verse was also influenced by Symbolism.