Júlio Ribeiro
Júlio Ribeiro | |
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philologist | |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Alma mater | University of São Paulo |
| Literary movement | Naturalism |
| Notable works | A Carne |
| Relatives | Elsie Lessa, Ivan Lessa |
Júlio César Ribeiro Vaughan (April 16, 1845 – November 1, 1890) was a Brazilian
He is patron of the 24th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Life
Ribeiro was born in 1845, in
As a journalist, he founded and wrote for O Sorocabano in Sorocaba; wrote for A Procelária and O Rebate in São Paulo, and also to O Estado de S. Paulo, Diário Mercantil, A Gazeta de Campinas and the Almanaque de São Paulo, where he published his studies on Philology.
He published his controversial and heavily erotic romance A Carne (The Flesh) in 1888. At the time of its publication, it was panned by critics such as José Veríssimo and Alfredo Pujol. The most vehement critic, however, was the priest Sena Freitas, who wrote an article in the Diário Mercantil named A Carniça (The Carrion). Ribeiro, a strong anti-clericalist, refuted Freitas' critics with the series of articles O Urubu Sena Freitas (Sena Freitas, the Vulture). Those articles were later compiled and published under the name of Uma Polêmica Célebre, in 1934.
He died in 1890, a victim of tuberculosis.
He is the grandfather of
Works
- O Padre Belchior de Pontes (1877)
- Gramática Portuguesa (1881)
- Cartas Sertanejas (1885)
- A Carne (1888)
- Uma Polêmica Célebre (1934 — posthumous)
The flag of São Paulo
On July 16, 1888, Ribeiro designed the current flag of the State of São Paulo, although he planned it to be the flag of the Republic of Brazil.
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