Álvares de Azevedo
| Álvares de Azevedo | |
|---|---|
A picture of Azevedo taken during the late 1840s
|
|
| Born | Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo September 12, 1831 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Died | April 25, 1852 (aged 20) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Resting place | Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Pen name | Job Stern |
| Occupation | Poet, playwright, short story writer, essayist, Law student |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Alma mater | University of São Paulo |
| Period | 19th century |
| Genre | Theatre, poetry, essay |
| Literary movement | Romanticism, Ultra-Romanticism |
| Notable works |
Noite na Taverna Macário Lira dos Vinte Anos |
| Relatives | Inácio Manuel Álvares de Azevedo (father) Maria Luísa Mota Azevedo (mother) |
Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (September 12, 1831 – April 25, 1852), affectionately called "Maneco" by his close friends, relatives and admirers, was a Brazilian Romantic poet, short story writer, playwright and essayist, considered to be one of the major exponents of Ultra-Romanticism and Gothic literature in Brazil. His works tend to play heavily with opposite notions, such as love and death, platonism and sarcasm, sentimentalism and bleakness, among others, and have a strong influence of Musset, Chateaubriand, Lamartine, Goethe and – above all – Byron.
All of his works were published posthumously due to his premature death with only 20 years old after a horse-riding accident. They acquired a strong cult following as years went by, particularly among youths of the goth subculture.
He is the patron of the second chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and of the ninth chair of the Paulista Academy of Letters.
Azevedo was born into a wealthy family in São Paulo, on September 12, 1831. The soon of Law student Inácio Manuel Álvares de Azevedo and Maria Luísa Azevedo (née Mota), a popular myth says that he was given birth in the library of the University of São Paulo Law School, but it actually happened on the house of his maternal grandfather, Severo Mota. He also had a younger brother, Inácio Manuel, Jr., but he died prematurely in 1835. The death proved to be an early source of shock for the young Álvares.
...
Wikipedia