Joaquim Manuel de Macedo
Joaquim Manuel de Macedo | |
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Born | Itaboraí, Brazil | 24 June 1820
Died | 11 April 1882 Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil | (aged 61)
Occupation | novelist, medician, poet, teacher, playwright, journalist |
Literary movement | Romanticism |
Notable works |
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Spouse | Maria Catarina de Abreu Sodré |
Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (June 24, 1820 – April 11, 1882) was a Brazilian novelist, medical doctor, teacher, poet, playwright and journalist, famous for the romance A Moreninha.[1] He is considered the first Brazilian novelist.[2]
He is the patron of the 20th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.[3]
Life
Joaquim Manuel de Macedo was born in the city of Itaboraí, in 1820, to Severino de Macedo Carvalho and Benigna Catarina da Conceição. He graduated in Medicine in 1844, and started to practice it in the inlands of Rio. In the same year, he published his romance A Moreninha. In 1849, he founded the magazine Guanabara, along with Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre and Gonçalves Dias. In this magazine, many parts of his lengthy poem A Nebulosa were published.
Returning to Rio, he abandoned Medicine and became a teacher of
During his last years of life, he suffered mental disturbances. These made his health worse and led to his death on April 11, 1882.
He was married to Maria Catarina de Abreu Sodré, a cousin of poet Álvares de Azevedo. Some historians say that the titular character of his novel A Moreninha was based on her.
Works
Novels
- A Moreninha (1844)
- O Moço Loiro (1845)
- Os Dois Amores (1848)
- Rosa (1849)
- Vicentina (1853)
- O Forasteiro (1855)
- Os Romances da Semana (1861)
- Rio do Quarto (1869)
- A Luneta Mágica (1869)
- As Vítimas-algozes (1869)
- As Mulheres de Mantilha (1870 — 1871)
Political satires
Chronicles
- Memórias da Rua do Ouvidor
- Um Passeio pela Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
- Labirinto
Theater plays
Tragedies
Comedies
- O Fantasma Branco (1856)
- O Primo da Califórnia (1858)
- Luxo e Vaidade (1860)
- A Torre em Concurso (1863)
- Cincinato Quebra-Louças (1873)
Poetry
- A Nebulosa (1857)
Biographies
Medical thesis
- Considerações sobre a Nostalgia
References
- ^ Letras, Academia Brasileira de (1926). Revista (in Brazilian Portuguese). Academia. p. 111.
- ISBN 978-1-78735-471-5.
- ^ "Joaquim Manuel de Macedo". Academia Brasileira de Letras (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-29.
External links
- Macedo's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
- Works by or about Joaquim Manuel de Macedo at Internet Archive
- Works by Joaquim Manuel de Macedo at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)