Teófilo Odorico Dias de Mesquita (November 8, 1854 – March 29, 1889) was a Brazilian poet, journalist and lawyer, nephew of the famous Romantic author

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. He is the patron of the 36th chair of the

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. The literary critic Alfredo Bosi considers his 1882 work ''Fanfarras'' to have launched the Parnassian movement in

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Life

Teófilo Dias was born in 1854, to Odorico Antônio de Mesquita and Joana Angélica Dias de Mesquita (who was the sister of poet

). His initial schooling happened in São Luís, at the Instituto de Humanidades. Moving to

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, he was lodged in a convent for two years (1875–1876) and prepared to ingress at a

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course. In Rio, he met many influential people, such as Alberto de Oliveira, Artur de Oliveira,

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, Benjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhães,

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and Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. In 1881, he finished the Law course at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo. As a journalist, he wrote for the newspapers ''A Província de São Paulo'', ''A República'' and José Veríssimo's ''Revista Brasileira''. He was also a teacher of Philosophic Grammar and French in Colégio Aquino. He married Gabriela Frederica Ribeiro de Andrada, a daughter of

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, the brother of famous statesman

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. He had with her two children. He became a deputy in 1885, remaining in the post until the following year. He died in 1889.

Works

* ''Flores e Amores'' ( 1874) * ''Cantos Tropicais'' (

1878 Events January–March * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Bat ...

) * ''Lira dos Verdes Anos'' (

) * ''Fanfarras'' (

1882 Events January–March * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in t ...

) * ''A Comédia dos Deuses'' (

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)

References

;Footnotes ;Bibliography *

External links

Three poems by Teófilo Dias

* ttp://www.academia.org.br/abl/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?sid=326 Teófilo Dias' biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters 1854 births 1889 deaths 19th-century Brazilian poets Brazilian journalists People from Maranhão Portuguese-language writers Patrons of the Brazilian Academy of Letters Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Empire of Brazil) 19th-century journalists Male journalists Brazilian male poets 19th-century Brazilian male writers {{Brazil-writer-stub