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José Bonifácio the Younger

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Nationality
  
Brazilian

Notable works
  
Rosas e Goivos

Literary movement
  
Name
  
Jose the

Uncles
  
Jose Bonifacio de Andrada

Role
  

Jose Bonifacio the Younger

Born
  
Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e SilvaNovember 8, 1827Bordeaux, France (
1827-11-08
)

Occupation
  
Alma mater
  
University of Sao Paulo

Subject
  
Mal du siecle, social engagement

Spouse
  
Adelaide Eugenia da Costa Aguiar de Andrada,Rafaela de Souza Aguiar Gurgel

Died
  
October 26, 1886, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Parents
  
Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada

Education
  
University of Sao Paulo

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" (Portuguese: O Moço) to distinguish him from his grand-uncle, José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, "the Elder" or "the Patriarch", a famous statesman and politician who was one of the most important mentors of Brazilian independence.

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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 French city of Bordeaux (because of the Andradas' exile), to Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada and Gabriela Frederica Ribeiro de Andrada. After moving to Brazil, more precisely to Rio de Janeiro, he ingressed in his secondary course at what is now the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras, but had to abandon his studies due to health problems. He graduated in Law in 1853, at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo, where he befriended Álvares de Azevedo, Aureliano Lessa and Bernardo Guimarães. He became a Law teacher at the Faculdade de Direito do Recife during 1854-1858, where he taught and heavily influenced Castro Alves, Salvador de Mendonça, Joaquim Nabuco, Afonso Pena and Rui Barbosa.

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".

References

José Bonifácio the Younger Wikipedia


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