Tobias Barreto
| Tobias Barreto | |
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| Born |
Tobias Barreto de Meneses 7 June 1839 Tobias Barreto, Sergipe, Brazil |
| Died |
26 June 1889 (aged 50) Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Occupation | Poet, philosopher, critic, jurist |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Alma mater | Faculdade de Direito do Recife |
| Subject | Social engagement |
| Literary movement | Romanticism |
Tobias Barreto de Meneses (June 7, 1839 – June 26, 1889) was a Brazilian poet, philosopher, jurist and literary critic, famous for creating the "Condorism" and revolutionizing Brazilian Romanticism and poetry. He is patron of the 38th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Life
Barreto was born in Vila de Campos do Rio Real (renamed "Tobias Barreto" in his honor in 1909), a town in the southern part of Sergipe. He learnt his first letters with Manuel Joaquim de Oliveira Campos, and he also studied Latin with priest Domingos Quirino. Barreto was so dedicated to the course that, in the future, he would become a Latin professor in Itabaiana.
In 1861 he left for Bahia in order to attend a seminary; however, having soon realized that it wasn't his vocation, he quit. Between 1864 and 1865 he became a private tutor in many subjects. He also tried to become a Latin (and later Philosophy) teacher at the Ginásio Pernambucano, but he didn´t make it big either.
Barreto was an enthusiast of the German culture, such an interest being induced by the reading of Ernst Haeckel and Ludwig Büchner. That´s why he set up a newspaper in German, Deutsche Kampfer (German for The German Fighter). Yet this newspapoer was short-lived and caused no stir.
Moving away to Escada, he married a colonel´s daughter. He spent ten years there before returning to Recife.
He died in 1889, in Recife, at a friend's house.
Works
- Brasilien, wie es ist (German for Brazil as it is — 1876)
- Ensaio de Pré-História da Literatura Alemã (1879)
- Filosofia e Crítica (1879)
- Estudos Alemães (1879)
- Dias e Noites (1881)
- Menores e Loucos (1884)
- Discursos (1887)
- Polêmicas (1901; posthumous)
External links
- Excerpts of works by Tobias Barreto at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Portuguese)
- Tobias Barreto's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Portuguese)
- Another biography of Tobias Barreto (Portuguese)
- Poems by Barreto (Portuguese)
| Preceded by New creation |
 Brazilian Academy of Letters - Patron of the 38th chair |
Succeeded by Graça Aranha (founder) |
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