Raimundo Correia
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| Born | Raimundo da Mota de Azevedo Correia 13 May 1859 São Luís, Brazil |
| Died | 13 September 1911 (aged 52) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Poet, judge, magistrate |
| Alma mater | University of São Paulo |
| Literary movement | Parnassianism |
| Notable works | Primeiros Sonhos |
Raimundo da Mota de Azevedo Correia (13 May 1859 – 13 September 1911) was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, judge and magistrate. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Olavo Bilac, he was a member of the "Parnassian Triad".
He founded and occupied the 5th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1911.
Life
Correia was born on a ship anchored in the shores of
Correia's first book, Primeiros Sonhos, was published in 1879, and its poems are strongly influenced by Brazilian Romantic poets such as Fagundes Varela, Casimiro de Abreu and Castro Alves. However, he would join Parnassianism in 1883, with his book Sinfonias. Some of his poems are also considered to forerun the Symbolist movement in Brazil.
Correia died in 1911 in Paris while he was searching for a treatment for his diseases.[1]
Bibliography
- Primeiros Sonhos (1879)
- Sinfonias (1883)
- Versos e Versões (1887)
- Aleluias (1891)
- Poesias (1898)
References
- Footnotes
- Sources
- ISBN 978-85-316-0189-7.
External links
- Raimundo Correia's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
- Works by Raimundo Correia at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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