
José Veríssimo Dias de Matos (8 April 1857 – 2 December 1916) was a writer, educator, journalist, literary critic, and founding member of the
Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Biography
José Veríssimo was born in
Óbidos, Pará, the son of José Veríssimo de Matos and Ana Flora Dias de Matos. His early school-days were spent in
Manaus
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and
Belém
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. In 1869, he was sent to
Rio de Janeiro
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to continue his studies, but had to return to
Pará
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due to poor health. He then devoted himself zealously to journalism and teaching. In 1891, Veríssimo returned to
Rio de Janeiro
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and took a position as professor in
Colégio Pedro II. For some time (1895–1899), concurrently with his scholarly labors, he edited the famous ''Revista Brasileira''.
Works
* ''Primeiras Páginas'' (1878).
* ''Emilio Littré'' (1882).
* ''Diversos: Cenas da Vida Amazônica'' (1886).
* ''Questão de Limites: Pará e Amazonas'' (1889).
* ''Estudos Brasileiros'' (2 Vols., 1889–1904).
* ''Educação Nacional'' (1890).
* ''A Amazônia: Aspectos Econômicos'' (1892).
* ''A Pesca na Amazônia'' (1895).
* ''A Instrução Pública e a Imprensa'' (1900).
* ''Estudos de Literatura'' (6 vols., 1901–1907).
* ''Homens e Coisas Estrangeiras'' (3 Vols., 1902–1910).
* ''Que é Literatura e outros Escritos'' (1907).
* ''Interesses da Amazônia'' (1915).
''História da Literatura Brasileira''(1916).
[Barbosa, João Alexandre (2002). "A História da Literatura Brasileira." In: ''Alguma Crítica.'' Cotia: Atelie Editorial, pp. 111–129.]
* ''Letras e Literatos'' (1936).
Selected articles
* "A Revolução Chilena e a Questão da América Latina", ''Revista Brasileira'', Vol. 111, 1895, pp. 108–121.
* "Gregório de Mattos," ''Revista da Academia Brazileira de Letras,'' Vol. 2, 1912, p. 27–44.
Notes
Further reading
* Barbosa, João Alexandre. (1974). ''A Tradição do Impasse: Linguagem da Crítica e Crítica da Linguagem em José Veríssimo''. São Paulo: Ática.
* Barbosa, João Alexandre. (1996). "Uma Introdução a José Veríssimo." In: ''A Biblioteca Imaginária.'' Cotia: Atelie Editorial, pp. 173–221.
* Barbosa, João Alexandre. (2000)
"José Veríssimo: Leitor de Estrangeiros,"''Literatura e Sociedade,'' No. 5, pp. 56–84.
* Carone, Edgard (1969). ''A Primeira República. Texto e Contexto: 1889-1930''. São Paulo: Difel.
* Lins, Álvaro (1944). ''Jornal de Crítica,'' 3ª Série. Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio.
*
Martins, Wilson (1952). ''A Crítica Literária no Brasil.'' São Paulo: Depto. de Cultura.
* Montenegro, Olívio (1958). ''José Veríssimo: Crítica.'' Rio de Janeiro: Agir.
*
Romero, Sílvio (1909)
''Zéverissimações Ineptas da Critica: Repulsas e Desabafos.''Porto: Comércio do Porto.
* Veríssimo, Ignácio José. (1966). ''José Veríssimo Visto por Dentro''. Manaus: Edições Governo do Estado do Amazonas.
External links
José Veríssimo: Pensamento Social e Etnografia da Amazônia (1877/1915)*
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1857 births
1916 deaths
Brazilian literary critics
Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
People from Pará
19th-century Brazilian writers
20th-century Brazilian writers
19th-century journalists
20th-century Brazilian journalists
Brazilian male journalists
19th-century Brazilian male writers