Nationality Brazilian Name Artur Azevedo Plays A Capital Federal Notable works A Capital Federal Siblings Aluisio Azevedo | Literary movement Parnassianism Relatives Aluisio Azevedo Ethnicity White Role Playwright | |
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Born Artur Nabantino Goncalves de Azevedo
July 7, 1855
Sao Luis, Brazil ( 1855-07-07 ) Occupation Playwright, journalist, poet, chronicler, short story writer Died October 22, 1908, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
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Artur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo (July 7, 1855 – October 22, 1908) was a Brazilian playwright, short story writer, chronicler, journalist and Parnassian poet. He is famous for consolidating in Brazil the "comedy of manners" genre, initiated by Martins Pena.
Contents
- Audiolivro contos diversos de artur azevedo
- Artur azevedo o plebiscito
- Life
- Poetry
- Short story collections
- Theatre plays
- References
He founded and occupied the 29th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1908.
Artur azevedo o plebiscito
Life
Azevedo was born in the city of São Luís, in Maranhão, to the Portuguese vice-consul in Brazil David Gonçalves de Azevedo and Emília Amália Pinto de Magalhães. He was the older brother of Naturalist novelist Aluísio Azevedo, famous for writing O Mulato, O Cortiço and Casa de Pensão.
Azevedo would show a love for theatre since he was a child. Initially working as a salesman, he later got a job at the provincial administration, but was fired for writing satires against the government. He later found a job as an amanuensis in the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture.
Later beginning a promissory career as a journalist, he worked for the newspapers A Estação, where he met Machado de Assis, and Novidades, where he met Alcindo Guanabara, Moreira Sampaio, Olavo Bilac and Coelho Neto.
He died in 1908.