Artur Azevedo
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Born |
Artur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo July 7, 1855 São LuÃs, Brazil |
Died |
October 22, 1908 53) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged
Occupation | Playwright, journalist, poet, chronicler, short story writer |
Nationality |
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Ethnicity | White |
Literary movement | Parnassianism |
Notable works | A Capital Federal |
Relatives | AluÃsio Azevedo |
Artur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo (July 7, 1855 – October 22, 1908) was a Brazilian playwright, short story writer, chronicler, journalist and Parnassian poet. He is famous for consolidating in Brazil the "comedy of manners" genre, initiated by Martins Pena.
He founded and occupied the 29th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1908.
Life
Azevedo was born in the city of São LuÃs, in Maranhão, to the Portuguese vice-consul in Brazil David Gonçalves de Azevedo and EmÃlia Amália Pinto de Magalhães. He was the older brother of Naturalist novelist AluÃsio Azevedo, famous for writing O Mulato, O Cortiço and Casa de Pensão.
Azevedo would show a love for theatre since he was a child. Initially working as a salesman, he later got a job at the provincial administration, but was fired for writing satires against the government. He later found a job as an amanuensis in the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture.
Later beginning a promissory career as a journalist, he worked for the newspapers A Estação, where he met Machado de Assis, and Novidades, where he met Alcindo Guanabara, Moreira Sampaio, Olavo Bilac and Coelho Neto.
He died in 1908.
Works
Poetry
- Carapuças (1871)
- Sonetos (1876)
Short story collections
- Contos PossÃveis (1889)
- Contos Fora de Moda (1894)
- Contos Efêmeros (1897)
- Contos em Verso (1898)
Theatre plays
- Amor por Anexins (1872)
- A Filha de Maria Angu (1876)
- Uma Véspera de Reis (1876)
- A Pele do Lobo (1877)
- Joia (1879)
- O Anjo da Vingança (1882 — in partnership with Urbano Duarte de Oliveira)
- O Escravocrata (1884 — in partnership with Urbano Duarte de Oliveira)
- Almanjarra (1888)
- Fritzmack (1889 — in partnership with AluÃsio Azevedo)
- A Capital Federal (1897)
- O Badejo (1898)
- Confidências (1898)
- O Jagunço (1898)
- Comeu! (1901)
- O Retrato a Óleo (1902)
- O Dote (1907)
External links
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Portuguese Wikisource has original text related to this article: |
- Biography of Artur Azevedo (Portuguese)
- Artur Azevedo's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Portuguese)
- Works by or about Artur Azevedo at Internet Archive
- Works by Artur Azevedo at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Preceded by Martins Pena (patron) |
![]() Brazilian Academy of Letters – Occupant of the 29th chair 1897–1908 |
Succeeded by Vicente de Carvalho |
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