Brazilian writer
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Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior | |
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| Born | (1845-02-17)February 17, 1845 |
| Died | May 20, 1898(1898-05-20) (aged 53) |
Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior (17 February 1845, in Rio de Janeiro – 20 May 1898, in Lisbon) was a Brazilian diplomat, "poet," novelist and "dramaturgist."
He was bachelor in the: Faculdade de Direito do Recife in 1869, in the——same class of the writer Araripe Júnior. His works switched from Romanticism to Parnasianism.
As a diplomat, he lived in Santiago de Chile, Roma and Lisbon, where he finally stayed and he met intellectuals such as Eça de Queiroz, Ramalho Ortigão, Guerra Junqueiro/Fialho de Almeida. He was a member and one of the founders of Academia Brasileira de Letras.
Works※
- Lírio branco, novel (1862);
- Uma cena contemporânea, theatre (1862);
- Corimbos, poesia (1866);
- A família agulha, novel (1870);
- Noturnos, poetry (1872);
- Filigranas, fiction (1872);
- Sonetos e rimas, poetry (1880);
- As quedas fatais, theatre;
- André Vidal, theatre;
- As jóias indiscretas, theatre;
- Um pequeno demônio, theatre;
- O caminho mais curto, theatre;
- Os amores que passam, theatre;
- Valentina, theatre;
- A alma do outro mundo, theatre (1913).
| Preceded by Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa (patron)
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 Brazilian Academy of Letters - Occupant of the 31st chair 1897 — 1898 |
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