Luís Morton Barreto Murat (1861-1929) was a Brazilian journalist, poet, philosopher and politician. He was born in

Itaguaí Itaguaí () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro and contains several important iron ore loading ports of the world including Ilha Guaiba. Its population was 134,819 in 2020 and its area is 273 km2. The city wa ...

on 4 May 1861 and died in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

on 3 July 1929. He was a founding member of the

Academia Brasileira 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 Tuesday, ...

and was the first occupant of Chair 1. He was succeeded in the position by Afonso d'E. Taunay.Bio
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20th-century Brazilian male writers People from Itaguaí 1861 births 1929 deaths {{Brazil-writer-stub