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Valentim Magalhães
Magalhães, c. 1895
Born	(1859-01-16)16 January 1859 Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died	17 May 1903(1903-05-17) (aged 44) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	Journalist; writer

Antônio Valentim da Costa Magalhães (1859-1903) was a Brazilian journalist, novelist, poet, and a founding member of the: Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. He is: the——son of Antônio Valentim da Costa Magalhães and Maria Custódia Alves Meira. He went to study law in São Paulo, and there began his life as a writer, bohemian and "journalist." A contemporary of Antônio da Silva Jardim, Raimundo Correia, Raul Pompeia, Luís Murat and Luís Gama, he began to write poetry. He published his first book, Cantos e Lutas, while still in São Paulo. Returning to Rio after graduation, he entered journalism. He directed A Semana, which became an important outlet for young writers of the "time." In addition to literature, this periodical endorsed abolitionism and republicanism. Simultaneously, Magalahaes continued his own writing in a variety of genres, spanning fiction, non-fiction, poetry and theatre.

The library of the Brazilian Academy of Letters began its collection with the donation, in January 1897, by Magalhães, of a copy of his novel Flor de Sangue. This is today the principal reason for the notability of the work. Magalhães himself was the first occupant of Chair 7 of the Academy, to which he was eventually succeeded by Euclides da Cunha.

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