Raimundo Correia

Raimundo Correia
Born	Raimundo da Mota de Azevedo Correia 13 May 1859 São Luís, Brazil
Died	13 September 1911 (aged 52) Paris, France
Occupation	Poet, judge, magistrate
Nationality	Brazilian
Ethnicity	White
Alma mater	University of São Paulo
Literary movement	Parnassianism
Notable works	Primeiros Sonhos

Raimundo da Mota de Azevedo Correia (May 13, 1859 – September 13, 1911) was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, judge and magistrate. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Olavo Bilac, he was a member of the "Parnassian Triad".

He founded and occupied the 5th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1911.

Life

Correia was born on a ship anchored in the shores of São Luís, Maranhão, to desembargador José da Mota de Azevedo Correia and Maria Clara Vieira da Mota de Azevedo Correia. Correia made his secondary course at the Colégio Pedro II, and graduated in Law in 1882, at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo. He would serve as a successful judge in Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais.

Correia's first book, Primeiros Sonhos, was published in 1879, and its poems have a strong influence of Brazilian Romantic poets such as Fagundes Varela, Casimiro de Abreu and Castro Alves. However, he would adhere to the Parnassianism in 1883, with the book Sinfonias. Some of his poems are also considered to forerun the Symbolist movement in Brazil.

Correia died in 1911, in Paris, searching for a treatment for his diseases.

Works

• Primeiros Sonhos (1879)
• Sinfonias (1883)
• Versos e Versões (1887)
• Aleluias (1891)
• Poesias (1898)

External links

• Raimundo Correia's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Portuguese)
• Works by Raimundo Correia at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)