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Artur Azevedo
Artur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo (7 July 1855 – 22 October 1908) was a Brazilian playwright, short story writer, chronicler, journalist and Parnassianism, Parnassian poet. He is famous for consolidating in Brazil the "comedy of manners" genre, initiated by Martins Pena. He founded and occupied the 29th chair of the Academia Brasileira de Letras, Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1908. Life Azevedo was born in the city of São Luís, Maranhão, São Luís, in Maranhão, to the Portuguese vice-consul in Brazil David Gonçalves de Azevedo and Emília Amália Pinto de Magalhães. He was the older brother of Naturalism (literature), Naturalist novelist Aluísio Azevedo, famous for writing ''O Mulato'', ''O Cortiço'' and ''Casa de Pensão''. Azevedo would show a love for theatre since he was a child. Initially working as a salesman, he later got a job at the provincial administration, but was fired for writing satires against the government. He later fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Luís, Maranhão
São Luís (, ''Saint Louis'') is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on São Luís Island, Upaon-açu Island (Big Island, in Tupi language, Tupi Language) or São Luís island, Ilha de São Luís (''Saint Louis' Island''), in the Baía de São Marcos (''Saint Mark's Bay''), an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré River, Pindaré, Mearim River, Mearim, Itapecuru River, Itapecuru and other rivers. Its coordinates are 2.53° south, 44.30° west. São Luís has the second largest maritime extension within Brazilian states. Its maritime extension is 640 km (397 miles). The city proper has a population of some 1,108,975 people (2020 Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE estimate). The metropolitan area totals 1,605,305, ranked as the List of largest cities in Brazil, 15th largest in Brazil. São Luís, created originally as ''Saint-Louis-de-Maragnan'', is the only Brazilian state capit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satire
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming or exposing the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society. A feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm —"in satire, irony is militant", according to literary critic Northrop Frye— but parody, burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) the very things the satirist wishes to question. Satire is found in many a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Male Poets
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1908 Deaths
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1855 Births
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Vicente De Carvalho (writer)
Vicente de Carvalho is a middle-class neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ..., Brazil. References Neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro (city) {{RiodeJaneiro-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urbano Duarte De Oliveira
Urbano may refer to: * ''Urbano'' (album), a 2002 album by Elvis Crespo * Urbano music, an umbrella term for certain genres of Latin music People with the given name * Urbano José Allgayer (born 1924), Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo (1859–1922), Brazilian politician * Urbano Antillón (born 1982), Mexican-American professional boxer in the Lightweight division * Urbano Barberini (1664–1722), Italian nobleman of the House of Barberini * Urbano Barberini (born 1961), Italian actor * Urbano Caldeira (1890–1933), athlete, coach, and manager of the Santos Futebol Clube * Urbano Cairo (born 1957), Italian businessman and chairman of Torino Football Club * Urbano Navarrete Cortés (1920–2010), Italian professor of Canon Law * Urbano Lazzaro (1924–2006), Italian resistance fighter who played an important role in capturing Benito Mussolini * Urbano Lugo (born 1962), former pitcher for Major League Baseball from Venezuela * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coelho Neto
Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto (February 21, 1864 – November 28, 1934) was a Brazilian writer and politician. He founded and occupied the second chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, from 1897 until his death in 1934. He was also the president of the aforementioned Academy in 1926. Life Coelho Neto was born in the city of Caxias, Maranhão, on February 21, 1864. His father was Portuguese, and his mother was an indigenous woman, Ana Silvestre Coelho. At six years of age, his parents moved to Rio de Janeiro. He began his education at the Externato of the Colegio Pedro II. He attempted medical school but soon gave up. In 1883 he enrolled at the University of São Paulo School of Law, living in the boarding house where also lived Raul Pompeia, who attended the Academy of São Paulo at that time. He soon found himself involved in a student movement against a professor. In anticipation of reprisals, he moved to the Law Faculty of Recife, where he completed the first year of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavo Bilac
Olavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac (16 December 1865 – 28 December 1918), known simply as Olavo Bilac (), was a Brazilian Parnassianism, Parnassian poet, journalist and translator. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Raimundo Correia, he was a member of the "Parnassian Triad". He was elected the "Prince of Brazilian Poets" in 1907 by the magazine ''Fon-Fon''. He wrote the lyrics of the Brazilian Flag Anthem. He founded and occupied the 15th chair of the Academia Brasileira de Letras, Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1918. He is also the patron of the military service in Brazil due to his campaigns in favor of conscription. Life Bilac was born in Rio de Janeiro to Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac and Delfina Belmira Gomes de Paula. As a young man, he was a brilliant student, enrolling in the school of medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro at the age of 15. He began studying medicine, but did not finish the course. He also tried to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreira Sampaio , given name and surname, including a list of people with the name
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Moreira may refer to: Places * Moreira (Maia), a parish in Maia Municipality, northern Portugal * , a parish in Monção Municipality, northern Portugal * , a parish in Nelas Municipality, central Portugal People *Moreira (name) Moreira is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Moreira Chonguiça, Mozambican jazz saxophonist *Moreira da Silva (1902–2000), Brazilian singer and songwriter *Moreira Franco (born 1944), Brazilian politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
