Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa

Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa
Born	13 December 1839 Araruama, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	16 July 1884 (aged 44) Bananal, São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Lawyer, journalist, politician, orator, poet
Nationality	Brazilian
Alma mater	University of São Paulo
Subject	Social engagement
Literary movement	Romanticism
Notable works	Terribilis Dea
Relatives	Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa

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

Pedro Luís was born in Araruama, in 1839. He made his primary studies in the Instituto Freeze, in Nova Friburgo, where he met Casimiro de Abreu. Graduated in Law in the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo in 1860, he established himself as a lawyer in Rio de Janeiro. A deputy between 1864–1866 and 1878–1881, he would also become minister of Foreign Affairs in 1880 and the governor of Bahia in 1882. Among many others, he was decorated with the Order of the Rose.

He died in 1884.

Works

• Terribilis Dea (1860)
• Os Voluntários da Morte (1864)
• A Sombra de Tiradentes e Nunes Machado (1866)
• Prisca Fides (1876)

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".

External links

• Extracts of poems by Pedro Luís at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Portuguese)
• Pedro Luís' biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Portuguese)