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Francisco Filinto de Almeida (December 4, 1857 – January 28, 1945) was a dramatist, journalist, and poet who was born in
Francisco Filinto de Almeida (December 4, 1857 – January 28, 1945) was a dramatist, journalist, and poet who was born in Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...
, Portugal, but who was taken to Brazil by relatives at the age of 10 where he lived the rest of his life, dying in Rio de Janeiro. He did not have a formal education, but began his career as a writer at the age of 19. In 1887, he married in Lisbon Júlia Lopes de Almeida, a novelist. After the establishment of the Brazilian Republic, he officially took Brazilian citizenship and became a politician. He was the editor of various journals. He wrote drama, poetry, and novels.
Lyrica
A writer who experimented with various poetic genres, he published his first book of poetry in 1887, ''Lyrica'' (''Lírica''), which is notable for the creation of a new verse form, the biolet. The biolet has stimulated at least limited imitation in English.Kitabayashi. ''The Tower of Babylon, A Trioletic Anthology from Various Languages''. pp. 60 & 68–69Other works
*''Um idioma'' (entreato cômico – 1876) *''Os mosquitos'' (monólogo em verso – 1887) *''O Defunto'' ( comédia teatral em um ato – 1894) *''O Gran Galeoto'' (drama em verso, traduzido em colaboração com – 1896) *''O beijo'' (comédia em 1 ato, em verso – 1907) *''Cantos e cantigas'' (poesia – 1915) *''Camoniana'' (sonetos – 1945) *''Colunas da noite'' (crônicas – 1945) *''Harmonias da noite velha'' (sonetos – 1946) *''A casa verde'' (romance em colaboração com Júlia Lopes de Almeida, publicado em folhetins do Jornal do Commercio de 18 de dezembro de 1898 a 16 de março de 1899)References
Further reading
*Filinto de Almeida. ''Lyrica''. Typ. Moreira Maximino & C., 1887. *Hikaru Kitabayashi. ''The Tower of Babylon, A Trioletic Anthology from Various Languages''. Lulu Press, 2017. {{DEFAULTSORT:Almeida, Filinto de 1857 births People from Porto 1945 deaths 19th-century Brazilian novelists Brazilian male novelists 19th-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights Brazilian male dramatists and playwrights Brazilian male poets Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Portuguese emigrants to Brazil 19th-century Brazilian poets 19th-century Brazilian male writers 20th-century Brazilian novelists 20th-century Brazilian poets 20th-century Brazilian male writers 20th-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights