Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior (17 February 1845, in
Rio de Janeiro
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– 20 May 1898, in
Lisbon
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) was a Brazilian diplomat, poet, novelist and dramaturgist.
He was bachelor in the
Faculdade de Direito do Recife
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in 1869, in the same class of the writer
Araripe Júnior. His works switched from
Romanticism
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to
Parnasianism
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.
As a diplomat, he lived in
Santiago de Chile
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,
Roma
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Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
and
Lisbon
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, where he finally stayed and he met intellectuals such as
Eça de Queiroz,
Ramalho Ortigão,
Guerra Junqueiro
Abílio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro (, 17 September 1850 – 7 July 1923) was a Portuguese top civil servant, member of the Portuguese House of Representatives, journalist, author, and poet. His work helped inspire the creation of the Portuguese First ...
or
Fialho de Almeida
José Valentim Fialho de Almeida, better known as Fialho de Almeida (7 May 1857 – 4 March 1911), was a Portuguese writer, journalist, and translator associated with Symbolism and the Decadent movement
The Decadent movement (Fr. ''décadenc ...
. He was a member and one of the founders of
Academia Brasileira de Letras
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.
Works
*''Lírio branco'', novel (1862);
*''Uma cena contemporânea'', theatre (1862);
* ''Corimbos'', poesia (1866);
* ''A família agulha'', novel (1870);
* ''Noturnos'', poetry (1872);
* ''Filigranas'', fiction (1872);
* ''Sonetos e rimas'', poetry (1880);
* ''As quedas fatais'', theatre;
* ''André Vidal'', theatre;
* ''As jóias indiscretas'', theatre;
* ''Um pequeno demônio'', theatre;
* ''O caminho mais curto'', theatre;
* ''Os amores que passam'', theatre;
* ''Valentina'', theatre;
* ''A alma do outro mundo'', theatre (1913).
1845 births
1898 deaths
Brazilian male writers
Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
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