Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay
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Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay | |
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Colégio Pedro II | |
Literary movement | Romanticism |
Notable works | Inocência, A Retirada da Laguna |
Spouse | Cristina Teixeira Leite |
Children | Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay |
Relatives | Félix Taunay, Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, Adrien Taunay the Younger |
Alfredo Maria Adriano d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay (February 22, 1843 – January 25, 1899), was a Brazilian writer, musician, professor,
He founded and occupied the 13th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1899.
Life
Taunay was born in
Taunay wrote and published his first romance, Mocidade de Trajano (Trajan's Youth), in 1871, under the pen name Sílvio Dinarte. Appointed by the future Viscount of Rio Branco José Maria da Silva Paranhos Sr., he became the general deputy of Goiás from 1872 to 1875, a Major in 1875 and the governor of Santa Catarina from 1876 to 1877. In 1885, he asked for his demission of the Major post.
Taunay married Cristina Teixeira Leite, daughter of Francisco José Teixeira Leite (Baron of Vassouras), granddaughter of Francisco José Teixeira (1st Baron of Itambé) and grandniece of Custódio Ferreira Leite (Baron of Aiuruoca). They had one son, the historian Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay (1876–1958).
Taunay was a member of the Conservative Party, but when the party fell, in 1878, he travelled to Europe, returning only in 1880.
From 1881 to 1884, he was the deputy of Santa Catarina. He candidated himself to the post of deputy of Rio de Janeiro, but was defeated in the elections. From 1885 to 1886, he was the governor of Paraná. One of Taunay's most famous deeds as governor of Paraná was the inauguration of the Passeio Público in the capital Curitiba, in 1886.
In 1889, Emperor Pedro II gave him the title of Viscount of Taunay. However, when Brazil became a Republic, all the nobility ranks were abolished. Taunay, disgusted, abandoned his political career, since he was a monarchist.
He died in 1899 due to
Works
Novels
- Mocidade de Trajano (1871 – under pen name Sílvio Dinarte)
- La Retraite de Laguna (published in 1872, originally in French; translated into Portuguese by Taunay in 1874)
- Inocência (1872)
- Lágrimas do Coração (1873)
- Ouro Sobre Azul (1875)
- O Encilhamento (1894)
- No Declínio (1899)
Short story collections
- Histórias Brasileiras (1874)
- Narrativas Militares (1878)
- Ao Entardecer (1901)
Theater
- Da Mão à Boca se Perde a Sopa (1874)
- Por um Triz, Coronel! (1880)
- Amélia Smith (1886)
Other
- Cenas de Viagem (1874)
- A Retirada da Laguna (1874) (published in French as La retraite de Laguna, 1871)
- Estudos Críticos (1881–1883)
- Céus e Terras do Brasil (1882)
Posthumous works
- Reminiscências (1908)
- Trechos de Minha Vida (1911)
- Viagens de Outrora (1921)
- Visões do Sertão (1923)
- Dias de Guerra e do Sertão (1923)
- Homens e Coisas do Império (1924)
References
External links
Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay (original works in Portuguese)
- Works by Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay at Project Gutenberg
- Free scores by Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Works by or about Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay at Internet Archive
- Works by Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- A biography of Taunay Archived December 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- Taunay's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)