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Mato Grosso Academy Of Letters
The Mato Grosso Academy of Letters ( pt, Academia Mato-grossense de Letras, AML), is a literary society in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The academy was founded on May 22, 1921, as the Mato Grosso Center for Letters ( pt, Centro Matogrossense de Letras), largely through the efforts of Dom Francisco de Aquino Correia, Archbishop of Cuiabá, and the lawyer José de Mesquita. Its creation was inspired by founding of the in 1919. The organization changed its name to the Mato Grosso Academy of Letters on October 22, 1932. Both the academy and the Geographical and Historic Institute of Mato Grosso are headquartered at the , a listed historic building in Cuiabá, and the former residence of Augusto Leverger, Baron of Melgaço, a pioneer in the literature of Mato Grosso. Noted members * Francisco de Aquino Correia Francisco de Aquino Correia (April 2, 1885March 22, 1956) was a Brazilian Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was the tenth Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco De Aquino Correia
Francisco de Aquino Correia (April 2, 1885March 22, 1956) was a Brazilian Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was the tenth Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá, archbishop of Cuiabá, president (governor) of the Federative units of Brazil, state of Mato Grosso from 1918 to 1922, and a leading cultural figure of the state in the early 20th century. Aquino Correia was an accomplished poet and writer and became the first citizen of Mato Grosso native to belong to the Academia Brasileira de Letras, Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was also one of the founding members of the Mato Grosso Academy of Letters (''Academia Mato-grossense de Letras'') and the Mato Grosso Historical and Geographical Institute (''Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de Mato Grosso''). Aquino Correia was instrumental in the construction of the Eucharistic Shrine of Our Lady of Good Delivery, a Gothic Revival architecture, Neogothic church resembling the Notre-Dame de Paris, Notre Dame in Paris, but not oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José De Mesquita
José Barnabé de Mesquita (March 10, 1892, Cuiabá – June 22, 1961, Cuiabá), generally known as ''José de Mesquita'', was a Brazilian poet parnassian, romance and short story writer, historiographer, journalist, essayist, genealogist and jurist. Biography José de Mesquita graduated from the Faculty of Law of São Paulo University in 1913. He was later appointed as a judge at the Justice Court by the Mato Grosso State, and was its President for 11 consecutive years (1929–1940). He was one of the founders of the in 1919, and the Mato Grosso Academy of Letters The Mato Grosso Academy of Letters ( pt, Academia Mato-grossense de Letras, AML), is a literary society in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The academy was founded on May 22, 1921, as the Mato Grosso Center for Letters ( pt, Centro Matogrossense d ... in 1921, of which he was both a founding member, and president from its foundation until his death in 1961. De Mesquita's book ''Mirror of Souls'', (stories) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Society
A literary society is a group of people interested in literature. In the modern sense, this refers to a society that wants to promote one genre of writing or a specific author. Modern literary societies typically promote research, publish newsletters, and hold meetings where findings can be presented and discussed. Some are more academic and scholarly, while others are more social groups of amateurs who appreciate a chance to discuss their favourite writer with other hobbyists. Historically, "literary society" has also referred to Salon (gathering), salons such as those of Madame de Stael, Madame Geoffrin and Madame de Tencin in Ancien Regime France. Another meaning was of college literary societies, student groups specific to the United States. The oldest formal societies for writing and promoting poetry are the chamber of rhetoric, chambers of rhetoric in the Low Countries, which date back to the Middle Ages. 19th century literary societies Modern examples of literary societi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuiabá
Cuiabá () is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is located near the geographical centre of South America. Also, it forms the metropolitan area of Mato Grosso, along with the neighbouring town of Várzea Grande. The city's name is an indigenous Bororo word meaning ‘arrow-fishing’, The city was founded in 1719, during the gold rush, and it has been the state capital since 1818. The city is a trading centre for an extensive cattle-raising and agricultural area. The capital is among the fastest-growing cities in Brazil, followed by the growth of agribusiness in Mato Grosso, despite the recession that is affecting Brazilian industries. Cuiabá was one of the host cities for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Cuiaba is the heart of an urban area that also includes the state's second largest city, Várzea Grande. Thermal electric and hydroelectric plants located in the area have been expanded since the completion of a natural gas pipeline from Bolivia in 2000 (see Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring states (from west clockwise) are: Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. The state is roughly 82.2% of the size of its southwest neighbor, the nation of Bolivia. A state with a flat landscape that alternates between vast ''chapadas'' and plain areas, Mato Grosso contains three main ecosystems: the Cerrado, the Pantanal and the Amazon rainforest. The Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, with caves, grottoes, tracks, and waterfalls, is one of its tourist attractions. The extreme northwest of the state has a small part of the Amazonian forest. The Xingu Indigenous Park and the Araguaia River are in Mato Grosso. Farther south, the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, is the habitat for nearly one thousand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusto Leverger, Baron Of Melgaço
Augusto João Manuel Leverger, Baron of Melgaço (30 January 1802 — 14 January 1880), nicknamed "Cuiabá's Breton" was a French-Brazilian admiral, writer, historian, geographer and several times President of the province of Mato Grosso in the Empire of Brazil. He was a key figure of Mato Grosso's literature production during his time. Biography Leverger was born to Mathurin Michel Leverger and Regina Corbes in Saint-Malo in Brittany on 30 January 1802. According to his biography, written by Virgílio Correia Filho, he had been a seaman since very young, having arrived in Brazil in 1824 due to this profession. In 1825 he joined the Brazilian Navy as a second-lieutenant, fighting in the Cisplatine War, commanding the corvette General do Rego, captured from the Argentine Navy in 1828. He arrived in Cuiabá, in southwestern Brazil, in 1830, where he married Inês de Almeida Leite in 1843; he had been named to staff the Navy Arsenal being built there. Via a decree from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academia Brasileira De Letras
The Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL) ( English: ''Brazilian Academy of Letters'') is a Brazilian literature, literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century. The first president, Machado de Assis, declared its foundation on Tuesday, 15 December 1896, with the by-laws being passed on Thursday, 28 January 1897. On Tuesday, 20 July of the same year, the academy started its operation. According to its statutes, it is the pre-eminent Portuguese council for matters pertaining to the Portuguese language. The ABL is considered the foremost institution devoted to the Portuguese language in Brazil. Its prestige and technical qualification gives it paramount authority in Brazilian Portuguese, even though it is not a public institution and no law grants it oversight over the language. The academy's main publication in this field is the Orthographic Vocabulary of the Portuguese Language (''Vocabulário Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa'') which has five editions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunga Rodrigues
Dunga Rodrigues, born Maria Benedita Deschamps Rodrigues, ( Cuiabá, Brazil, July 15, 1908 – Santos, Brazil, January 8, 2001) was a Brazilian teacher, musician, memoirist, and author. She established herself as a historian and writer of the culture, history, and literature of the state of Mato Grosso in the 20th century. Rodrigues held a chair at the Mato Grosso Academy of Letters The Mato Grosso Academy of Letters ( pt, Academia Mato-grossense de Letras, AML), is a literary society in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The academy was founded on May 22, 1921, as the Mato Grosso Center for Letters ( pt, Centro Matogrossense d ..., a rarity for a woman at the time. Biography Dunga Rodrigues dedicated her early studies to literature and music. She was educated at the Barão de Melgaço Normal School and the , both schools for the elite of the Mato Grosso. She graduated in piano from the Mato Grosso Musical Conservatory and the in Rio de Janeiro. Rodrigues ultimately graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language Academies
Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portuguese man o' war, a dangerous marine cnidarian that resembles an 18th-century armed sailing ship ** Portuguese people, an ethnic group See also * * ''Sonnets from the Portuguese'' * "A Portuguesa", the national anthem of Portugal * Lusofonia * Lusitania Lusitania (; ) was an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and a portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and the province of Salamanca) lie. It was named after the Lusitani or Lusita ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Literature
Brazilian literature is the literature written in the Portuguese language by Brazilians or in Brazil, including works written prior to the country's independence in 1822. Throughout its early years, literature from Brazil followed the literary trends of Portugal, whereas gradually shifting to a different and authentic writing style in the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, in the search for truly Brazilian themes and use of Brazilian forms. Portuguese is a Romance language and the sole official language of Brazil. Lyrically, the poet Olavo Bilac, named it " ''(...) desconhecida e obscura./ Tuba de alto clangor, lira singela,/ Que tens o trom e o silvo da procela,/ E o arrolo da saudade e da ternura!'' ", which roughly translates as "(...) unknown and obscure,/ Tuba of high blare, delicate lyre,/ That holds the frill and the hiss of the tempest/ And the singing of the saudade and of the tenderness!" Brazil's most significant literary award is the Camões Prize, which it share ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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