Mato Grosso Academy of Letters
Academia Brasileira de Letras (AML)
FormationMay 22, 1921
FounderFrancisco de Aquino Corrêa, José de Mesquita
HeadquartersHouse of the Baron of Melgaço, Cuiabá, Brazil
Official language
Portuguese
President
Sueli Batista dos Santos
Websiteacademiamtdeletras.com.br
Formerly called
Mato Grosso Center for Letters

The Mato Grosso Academy of Letters (Portuguese: Academia Mato-grossense de Letras, AML), is a literary society in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The academy was founded on May 22, 1921, as the Mato Grosso Center for Letters (Portuguese: Centro Matogrossense de Letras), largely through the efforts of Dom Francisco de Aquino Corrêa, Archbishop of Cuiabá, and the lawyer José de Mesquita. Its creation was inspired by founding of the Geographical and Historic Institute of Mato Grosso in 1919.[1][2]

The organization changed its name to the Mato Grosso Academy of Letters on October 22, 1932.[1] Both the academy and the Geographical and Historic Institute of Mato Grosso are headquartered at the House of the Baron of Melgaço, a listed historic building in Cuiabá.[3]

Noted members

References

  1. 1 2 "Nossa História" (in Portuguese). Cuiaba: Academia Mato-Grossense de Letras. 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  2. ↑ José de Mesquita (1936). "A Academia Mato-grossense de Letras, suas origens, sua atuação--Necessidade e oportunidade da Federação das Academias" (PDF). Revista de Cultura (Rio de Janeiro) (in Portuguese). 10 (115): 9–22. Wikidata Q123566582.
  3. ↑ "Cuiabá – Casa Barão de Melgaço" (in Portuguese). iPatrimonio. 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
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