José Bonifácio the Younger
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José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada |
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (November 8, 1827 – October 26, 1886) was a French-born Brazilian poet, teacher and senator. He is known as "the Younger" (
He is the patron of the 22nd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and of the 7th chair of the Paulista Academy of Letters.
Life
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva was born in 1827 at the
He became a provincial deputy in 1860, minister of the Brazilian Navy in 1862 and senator of the Empire of Brazil in 1864. Getting involved in abolitionist ideals, because of that he rejected the presidency of the Council of Ministers, offered to him by Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.
He was married to Adelaide Eugênia da Costa Aguiar de Andrada. When she died, he then married Rafaela de Souza Aguiar Gurgel do Amaral, having with her five children: José Bonifácio, Martim Francisco, Narcisa, Maria Flora and Gabriela.
He died in 1886.
Works
José Bonifácio's only work was the poetry book Rosas e Goivos (in English: Roses and Cresses), published in 1848. Its poems oscillate between "Ultra-Romanticism" and "Condorism".
External links
- Extracts of poems by José Bonifácio at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
- José Bonifácio's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
- Poems by José Bonifácio (in Portuguese)
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