The Mato Grosso Academy of Letters ( pt, Academia Mato-grossense de Letras, AML), is a
literary society in
Cuiabá,
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.
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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
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 ...
, 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
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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 ...
(1892-1961), Archbishop of Cuiabá and first member of the
Brazilian Academy of Letters from Mato Grosso
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José de Mesquita (1892-1961), jurist, fiction writer, and historian
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Dunga Rodrigues (1908-2001), musician, author, and folklorist
References
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[{{cite web , url=https://academiamtdeletras.com.br/academia/nossa-historia , title=Nossa História , language=pt , publisher=Academia Mato-Grossense de Letras , place= Cuiaba , date=2023 , accessdate=2023-11-27]
[{{cite web , url= https://www.ipatrimonio.org/cuiaba-casa-barao-de-melgaco/ , title= Cuiabá – Casa Barão de Melgaço , language=pt , publisher= iPatrimonio , date=2023 , accessdate=2023-11-27]
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Portuguese language academies
Brazilian literature
Organizations established in 1921