Aluísio Azevedo
Born(1857-04-14)14 April 1857
São Luís, Maranhão, Empire of Brazil
Died21 January 1913(1913-01-21) (aged 55)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationShort story writer, playwright, novelist, diplomat, caricaturist
Period1879–1897
Literary movementRomanticism; Naturalism
Notable worksO Cortiço, O Mulato, Casa de Pensão
RelativesArtur Azevedo

Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de Azevedo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈlwizju tɐ̃ˈkɾedu ɡõˈsawviʒ dʒɐzeˈvedu]; 14 April 1857 – 21 January 1913[1]) was a Brazilian novelist, caricaturist,[2] diplomat, playwright and short story writer.[3] Initially a Romantic writer, he would later adhere to the Naturalist movement. He introduced the Naturalist movement in Brazil with the novel O Mulato, in 1881. He founded and occupied the 4th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1913.

Biography

Azevedo was born in São Luís,[1] to David Gonçalves de Azevedo (the Portuguese vice-consul in Brazil) and Emília Amália Pinto de Magalhães. He was the younger brother of the famous playwright Artur Azevedo.

As a child, Aluísio would work as a traveling salesman. Following this, due to his love of painting and drawing, he would move to Rio de Janeiro in 1876 (where his brother Artur was living already), to study at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes. After graduating, he drew caricatures for journals such as O Fígaro, O Mequetrefe, Zig-Zag and A Semana Illustrada.

His father's death, in 1878, made him return to São Luís, in order to take care of his family. He then initiated his writer career, publishing in 1880 a typical Romantic novel, Uma Lágrima de Mulher. He helped on the creation of an anticlerical journal named O Pensador, where he wrote Abolitionist articles. In 1881 he publishes the first Brazilian Naturalist novel ever: O Mulato, that deals with the themes of racism. Consolidating his career as a writer, he could return to Rio.

He would write endlessly during the period of 1882–1895. Also dating from this period are his famous novels Casa de Pensão (1884) and O Cortiço (1890), as well as many other works written in partnership with his brother or with Émile Rouède.

In 1895 he became a diplomat. He served as a minister in Spain, Japan, England, Italy and Argentina, where he died.

Works

Novels

  • Uma Lágrima de Mulher (A Woman's Tear) (1880)
  • O Mulato (The Mulatto) (1881)
  • Mistérios da Tijuca, ou Girândola de Amores (Tijuca's Mystery, or the Girony of Lovers) (1882)
  • Memórias de um Condenado, ou A Condessa Vésper (Memoirs of a Fatedmen, or the Vesper Countess) (1882)
  • Casa de Pensão (Pension House) (1884)
  • Filomena Borges (1884)
  • O Homem (The Man) (1887)
  • O Cortiço (The Slum) (1890)
  • O Coruja (The Owl) (1890)
  • A Mortalha de Alzira (The Shroud of Alzira) (1894)
  • O Livro de uma Sogra (A Mother-in-law Book) (1895)

Theatre plays

  • Os Doidos (The Madmen) (1879)
  • Flor-de-lis (Fleur-de-lis) (1882)
  • Casa de Orates (Prayers House) (1882)
  • O Caboclo (The Caboclo) (1886)
  • Fritzmack (1889 — in partnership with Artur Azevedo)
  • A República (The Republic) (1890)
  • O Adultério (The Adultery) (1891)
  • Em Flagrante (In Flagrant) (1891)

Miscellaneous

  • O Japão (Japan) (chronicles — 1894)
  • Demônios (Devils) (short stories — 1895)

References

  1. 1 2 Azevedo, Aluísio (1 December 2020). Aluísio Azevedo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Principis. ISBN 978-65-5552-137-5.
  2. ↑ Nascimento, Jarbas Vargas; Gonçalves, Edilaine Correa (26 June 2014). "Reminiscências teatrais e carnavalescas em charges de Aluisio Azevedo". 9ª Arte (São Paulo) (in Portuguese). 3 (1): 105–121. ISSN 2316-9877.
  3. ↑ Rocha, João Pedro Pereira (29 April 2020). "Literatura e ensino de História: racismo e cidadania no contexto de sala de aula". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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