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Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (São Paulo, SP, September 12 of 1831 - Rio de Janeiro, April 25 of 1852) - Writer of Brazilian's romantic second generation, Author of short stories, dramas, poetry and essays Brazilian, son of Inácio Manuel Álvares de Azevedo and Maria Luísa Mota Azevedo. He spent his childhood in Rio de Janeiro, where he initiated his studies. Then he returned to São Paulo (1847) to study on Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco, which was actually part of the University of São Paulo, where early on he became famous for his brilliant and precocious literary productions. He was distinguished by his readiness of learning languages and for his young and sentimental spirit. During his law university course, he translated the fifth act of Othello by Shakespeare and translated Parisina by Lord Byron. In 1849, he went on to establish the magazine of the Sociedade Ensaio Filosófico Paulistano and he integrated the Sociedade Epicuréia. He once started an epic poem O Conde Lopo, which remains only in fragments. He did not conclude his studies because of a pulmonar tuberculosis. Alvares died with much of his work incomplete at 21. His death is attributed to a stomachal inflammation. His works are: Poesias diversas (Many poetrys), Poema do Frade (Priest poetry), the drama Macário, the romance O Livro de Fra Gondicário (Fra Gondicário Book), Noite na Taverna (Night at the tavern), Cartas (Letters), many Assays (Literature and civilization in Portugal, Lucano, George Sand, Jacques Rolla), and his main work Lira dos vinte anos (at first planned to be published on a project - As Três Liras (The Three Liras) - together with Aureliano Lessa and Bernardo Guimarães). He is patron of the number 3 chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Academic Criticism Actually the author has instigated some academic studies, among which can be highlighted "O Belo e o Disforme", by Cilaine Alves Cunha (Ed. USP, 2000), and "Entusiasmo indianista e ironia byroniana" (Doctor Thesis, USP, 2000); "O poeta leitor. Um estudo das epígrafes ugoanas em Álvares de Azevedo", by Maria C. R. Alves (Master Dissertation, USP, 1999). Azevedo's main influences are: Lord Byron, Chateaubriand, but mainly Alfred de Musset. A characteristic aspect of his works, which has stimulated much discussion, speaks of his poetics, that himself defined as "binomy"(´´binomia´´)and consists of approximating extremes, on a typically romantic attitude. It is important to mention the preface for the second part of Lira dos Vinte Anos, pointed out by many of his critics and in which he defines all his poetics. He was the first to incorporate daily life in Brazilian poetry, with the poem "Idéias íntimas" (Intimate Ideas) in the second part of Lira. Included in the national anthologies of Brazil, his works were very famous until the two first decades of the 20th century, with constants reeditations of his poetry and anthology. The last encenations of his drama "Macário" took place in 1994 and 2001. ---- Cronology ---- Works Reference Works | ||||||||
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