Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa (December 13, 1839 – July 16, 1884) was a Brazilian poet, politician, orator and lawyer, adept of the "
Condorist" movement. He is the patron of the 31st chair of the
Brazilian Academy of Letters
The Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL) ( English: ''Brazilian Academy of Letters'') is a Brazilian literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century. The first president, Machado de Assis, declared its foundation on Tue ...
.
Life
Pedro Luís was born in
Araruama, in 1839. He made his primary studies in the Instituto Freeze, in
Nova Friburgo, where he met
Casimiro de Abreu. Graduated in
Law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...
in the
Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo in 1860, he established himself as a lawyer in
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 ...
. A deputy between 1864–1866 and 1878–1881, he would also become minister of Foreign Affairs in 1880 and the governor of
Bahia
Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest b ...
in 1882. Among many others, he was decorated with the
Order of the Rose
The Imperial Order of the Rose ( pt, Imperial Ordem da Rosa) was a Brazilian order of chivalry, instituted by Emperor Pedro I of Brazil on 17 October 1829 to commemorate his marriage to Amélie of Leuchtenberg.
On 22 March 1890, the order was can ...
.
He died in 1884.
Works
* ''Terribilis Dea'' (
1860
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusett ...
)
* ''Os Voluntários da Morte'' (
1864)
* ''A Sombra de Tiradentes e Nunes Machado'' (
1866
Events January–March
* January 1
** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee.
** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published.
* January 6 – Ottoman t ...
)
* ''Prisca Fides'' (
1876
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol.
* February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is ...
)
Trivia
* He was the uncle of former
Brazilian president Washington Luís
Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (; 26 October 1869 – 4 August 1957) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 13th president of Brazil. Elected governor of São Paulo state in 1920 and president of Brazil in 1926, Washington Luís belonge ...
.
* His major work, ''Terribilis Dea'', heavily influenced
Castro Alves, who wrote a poem based on it, named "Deusa incruenta".
External links
Extracts of poems by Pedro Luís at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
References
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1839 births
1884 deaths
19th-century Brazilian poets
Romantic poets
People from Rio de Janeiro (state)
Portuguese-language writers
Patrons of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
University of São Paulo alumni
Governors of Bahia
Foreign ministers of Brazil
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Empire of Brazil)
Brazilian male poets
19th-century Brazilian male writers