Pen name John Alone Role Poet Name Mario Alencar | Ethnicity White Nationality Brazilian | |
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Born Mario Cochrane de Alencar
30 January 1872
Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil ( 1872-01-30 ) Occupation Poet, short story writer, journalist, novelist, lawyer Alma mater University of Sao Paulo Relatives Jose de Alencar, Jose Martiniano Pereira de Alencar, Augusto de Alencar, Leonel Martiniano de Alencar Died December 8, 1925, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Parents Jose de Alencar, Georgina Augusta Cochrane Grandparents Jose Martiniano Pereira de Alencar, Ana Josefina de Alencar Uncles Leonel Martiniano de Alencar, Baron of Alencar Aunts Barbara Augusta de Alencar, Joaquina Carolina de Alencar, Maria Amelia de Alencar, Argentina Adelia de Alencar | ||
Great-grandparents Barbara de Alencar | ||
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Mário Cochrane de Alencar (January 30, 1872 – December 8, 1925) was a Brazilian poet, short story writer, journalist, lawyer and novelist. He was one of the children of famous novelist José de Alencar.
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He occupied the 21st chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1905 until his death in 1925.
Life
Alencar was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1872, to famous novelist José de Alencar and Georgina Augusta Cochrane, daughter of a British aristocrat. He was the grandson of politician José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar, nephew of diplomat Leonel Martiniano de Alencar, the Baron of Alencar, and brother of politician and diplomat Augusto de Alencar. He made his primary studies in the Colégio Pedro II and graduated in Law at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo.
He collaborated for newspapers such as Brasilea (1917), Correio do Povo (1880), Gazeta de Notícias (1894), O Imparcial and A Imprensa (1900), Jornal do Commercio, O Mundo Literário, Renascença, Revista Brasileira (1895–1899) and the Official Magazine of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He wrote under the pen names Deina and John Alone in some of those.
He died in 1925.
Trivia
Chronicler Carlos Heitor Cony alleges that Mário could have been an illegitimate son of Machado de Assis, since both Mário and Joaquim suffered from epilepsy, while José de Alencar did not. Mário also called Machado de Assis "father" constantly in his letters addressed to him. This affair allegedly served as inspiration for Assis' famous novel Dom Casmurro.