Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa (December 13, 1839 – July 16, 1884) was a Brazilian poet, politician, orator and lawyer, adept of the "
Condorist" movement. He is the patron of the 31st chair of the
Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Life
Pereira de Sousa was born in
Araruama in 1839. He made his primary studies in the Instituto Freeze, in
Nova Friburgo
Nova Friburgo (; ; ), commonly referred to as just Friburgo, is a List of municipalities in Rio de Janeiro, municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. It is located in the mountainous region, in th ...
, where he met
Casimiro de Abreu. Graduated in
Law
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in the
Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo in 1860, he established himself as a lawyer in
Rio de Janeiro
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. A deputy between 1864–1866 and 1878–1881, he would also become minister of Foreign Affairs in 1880 and the governor of
Bahia
Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...
in 1882. Among many others, he was decorated with the
Order of the Rose.
He died in 1884.
Works
* ''Terribilis Dea'' (
1860
Events
January
* January 2 – The astronomer Urbain Le Verrier announces the discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan (hypothetical planet), Vulcan at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 &ndas ...
)
* ''Os Voluntários da Morte'' (
1864
Events
January
* January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song "Beautiful Dream ...
)
* ''A Sombra de Tiradentes e Nunes Machado'' (
1866
Events January
* January 1
** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee.
** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published.
* January 6 – Ottoman troops clash ...
)
* ''Prisca Fides'' (
1876
Events
January
* January 1
** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol.
*January 27 – The Northampton Bank robbery occurs in Massachusetts.
February
* Febr ...
)
Trivia
* He was the uncle of former
Brazilian president Washington Luís.
* His major work, ''Terribilis Dea'', heavily influenced
Castro Alves, who wrote a poem based on it, named "Deusa incruenta".
References
External links
Extracts of poems by Pedro Luís at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
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1839 births
1884 deaths
19th-century Brazilian poets
Romantic poets
People from Araruama
Portuguese-language writers
Patrons of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
University of São Paulo alumni
Governors of Bahia
Ministers of foreign affairs of Brazil
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Empire of Brazil)
Brazilian male poets
19th-century Brazilian male writers