Euclides da Cunha

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Euclides da Cunha
Born	(1866-01-20)January 20, 1866 Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died	August 15, 1909(1909-08-15) (aged 43) Piedade, Rio de Janeiro
Occupation	Journalist Sociologist Engineer
Nationality	Brazilian
Genre	Poetry
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Euclides da Cunha^[1] (Portuguese: [ewˈklidʒiʒ dɐ ˈkũɲɐ], January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer. His most important work is Os Sertões (Rebellion in the Backlands), a non-fictional account of the military expeditions promoted by the Brazilian government against the rebellious village of Canudos, known as the War of Canudos.

This book was a favorite of

He served as inspiration for the character of The Journalist in Mario Vargas Llosa's The War of the End of the World.

Timeline

Euclides da Cunha was born January 20, 1866, in

Euclides da Cunha married Ana Emília Ribeiro, daughter of major Sólon Ribeiro, in 1890. The couple had five children. Ana Emília had an affair with Dilermando de Assis, a young Army lieutenant. On August 15, 1909, finding about his wife's affair, da Cunha went to Assis' house to kill him. He shot Assis and his brother Dinorah, failing to kill either. Assis shot da Cunha when Euclides had already left his house, and the writer was killed. According to Hecht's account, there was doubt whether Dilermando murdered a fleeing man who had run out of bullets, or whether Euclides still was a threat to Dilermando (which would make the murder self-defense.) The jury decided for the latter scenario and acquitted Dilermando. ^[6][7] Da Cunha was 43 years old.

Works

• 1902
  ISBN 978-0-14-310607-4
• 1907 Contrastes e confrontos, lit. Contrasts and Confrontations
• 1907 Peru versus Bolívia
• 1909 À margem da história - series of essays written by Da Cunha after the Peruvian-Brazilian joint expedition on the Upper Amazon.
• 1939 Canudos, diário de uma expedição – news articles published in the periodical O Estado de S. Paulo
• 1967 Canudos e inéditos – news articles published by the periodical O Estado de S. Paulo

Further reading

• Goldberg, Isaac (1922). "Euclides da Cunha." In: Brazilian Literature. New York: Alfred A. Knoff, pp. 210–221.

References

1. ^ Archaic spelling: Euclydes
2. ^ ^{a b} "cronologia". euclides da cunha site. Juan Carlos / WordPress. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
3. ^ "Euclides da Cunha". E-Biografias. January 19, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
4. ^ Hecht 2013, p. 9.
5. ^ Hecht 2013, p. 267.
6. ^ Hecht 2013, p. 467.
7. ^ "Filha busca Justiça histórica para pai, que matou Euclides da Cunha". entretenimento.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-07-10.

Bibliography

• Hecht, Susanna (2013). The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides Da Cunha. University of Chicago Press.
  ISBN 9780226322834
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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euclides da Cunha.

• Euclides da Cunha site, Biography and works (in Portuguese)
• Casa Euclidiana, São José do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Brazil (in Portuguese)
• Short biography in English (down the article)
• Works by or about Euclides da Cunha at Internet Archive
• Works by Euclides da Cunha at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

Preceded by Valentim Magalhães (founder)

Brazilian Academy of Letters - Occupant of the 7th chair 1903 — 1909

Succeeded by Afrânio Peixoto