Aluísio Azevedo
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Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de Azevedo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈlwizju tɐ̃ˈkɾedu ɡõˈsawviʒ dʒɐzeˈvedu]; 14 April 1857 – 21 January 1913[1]) was a Brazilian novelist, caricaturist,[2] diplomat, playwright and short story writer.[3] Initially a Romantic writer, he would later adhere to the Naturalist movement. He introduced the Naturalist movement in Brazil with the novel O Mulato, in 1881. He founded and occupied the 4th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1913.
Biography
Azevedo was born in
As a child, Aluísio would work as a
His father's death, in 1878, made him return to São Luís, in order to take care of his family. He then initiated his writer career, publishing in 1880 a typical Romantic novel, Uma Lágrima de Mulher. He helped on the creation of an anticlerical journal named O Pensador, where he wrote Abolitionist articles. In 1881 he publishes the first Brazilian Naturalist novel ever: O Mulato, that deals with the themes of racism. Consolidating his career as a writer, he could return to Rio.
He would write endlessly during the period of 1882–1895. Also dating from this period are his famous novels
In 1895 he became a diplomat. He served as a minister in Spain, Japan, England, Italy and Argentina, where he died.
Works
Novels
- Uma Lágrima de Mulher (A Woman's Tear) (1880)
- O Mulato (The Mulatto) (1881)
- Mistérios da Tijuca, ou Girândola de Amores (Tijuca's Mystery, or the Girony of Lovers) (1882)
- Memórias de um Condenado, ou A Condessa Vésper (Memoirs of a Fatedmen, or the Vesper Countess) (1882)
- Casa de Pensão(Pension House) (1884)
- Filomena Borges (1884)
- O Homem (The Man) (1887)
- O Cortiço (The Slum) (1890)
- O Coruja (The Owl) (1890)
- A Mortalha de Alzira (The Shroud of Alzira) (1894)
- O Livro de uma Sogra (A Mother-in-law Book) (1895)
Theatre plays
- Os Doidos (The Madmen) (1879)
- Flor-de-lis (Fleur-de-lis) (1882)
- Casa de Orates (Prayers House) (1882)
- O Caboclo (The Caboclo) (1886)
- Fritzmack (1889 – in partnership with Artur Azevedo)
- A República (The Republic) (1890)
- O Adultério (The Adultery) (1891)
- Em Flagrante (In Flagrant) (1891)
Miscellaneous
- O Japão (Japan) (chronicles – 1894)
- Demônios (Devils) (short stories – 1895)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-65-5552-137-5.
- ISSN 2316-9877.
- ^ Rocha, João Pedro Pereira (29 April 2020). "Literatura e ensino de História: racismo e cidadania no contexto de sala de aula".
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External links
- Aluísio Azevedo's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
- Complete works by Aluísio Azevedo, in Portuguese
- Works by Aluísio Azevedo at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)