Artur Azevedo

Artur Azevedo
Born	Artur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo 7 July 1855(1855-07-07) São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Died	22 October 1908(1908-10-22) (aged 53) Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	Playwright, journalist, poet, chronicler, short story writer
Nationality	Brazilian
Ethnicity	White
Literary movement	Parnassianism
Notable work(s)	A Capital Federal
Relative(s)	Aluísio Azevedo
Influences Martins Pena

Artur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo (7 July 1855 — 22 October 1908) was a Brazilian playwright, short story writer, chronicler, journalist and Parnassian poet. He is famous for consolidating in Brazil the "comedy of customs" genre, initiated by Martins Pena.

He founded and occupied the 29th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1908.

Life

Azevedo was born in the city of São Luís, in Maranhão, to the Portuguese vice-consul in Brazil David Gonçalves de Azevedo and Emília Amália Pinto de Magalhães. He was the older brother of Naturalist novelist Aluísio Azevedo, famous for writing O Mulato, O Cortiço and Casa de Pensão.

Azevedo would show a love for theatre since he was a child. Initially working as a salesman, he later got a job at the provincial administration, but was fired for writing satires against the government. He later found a job as an amanuensis in the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture.

Later beginning a promissory career as a journalist, he worked for the newspapers A Estação, where he met Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, and Novidades, where he met Alcindo Guanabara, Moreira Sampaio, Olavo Bilac and Coelho Neto.

He died in 1908.

Works

Poetry

• Carapuças (1871)
• Sonetos (1876)

Short story collections

• Contos Possíveis (1889)
• Contos Fora de Moda (1894)
• Contos Efêmeros (1897)
• Contos em Verso (1898)

Theatre plays

• Amor por Anexins (1872)
• A Filha de Maria Angu (1876)
• Uma Véspera de Reis (1876)
• Joia (1879)
• O Anjo da Vingança (1882 — in partnership with Urbano Duarte de Oliveira)
• O Escravocrata (1884 — in partnership with Urbano Duarte de Oliveira)
• Almanjarra (1888)
• Fritzmack (1889 — in partnership with Aluísio Azevedo)
• A Capital Federal (1897)
• O Badejo (1898)
• Confidências (1898)
• O Jagunço (1898)
• Comeu! (1901)
• O Retrato a Óleo (1902)
• O Dote (1907)

External links

• Biography of Artur Azevedo (Portuguese)
• Artur Azevedo's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Portuguese)

Preceded by Martins Pena (patron)

Brazilian Academy of Letters – Occupant of the 29th chair 1897–1908

Succeeded by Vicente de Carvalho

Persondata
Name	Azevedo, Artur
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Date of birth	7 July 1855
Place of birth	São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Date of death	22 October 1908
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil