Gonçalves Dias
Playwright, Film story contributor
1823 – 1864
Who was Gonçalves Dias?
Antônio Gonçalves Dias was a Brazilian Romantic poet, playwright, ethnographer, lawyer and linguist. A major exponent of the Brazilian Romanticism and of the literary tradition known as "Indianism", he is famous for writing the poem "Canção do exílio" — arguably the most well-known poem of the Brazilian literature —, the short epic poem I-Juca-Pirama, and many other nationalist and patriotic poems that would later give him the title of national poet of Brazil. He was also an avid researcher of the Brazilian indigenous languages and folklore.
He is the patron of the 15th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
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- Born
- Aug 10, 1823
Caxias, Maranhão - Also known as
- Antonio Goncalves Dias
- Antônio Gonçalves Dias
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Ethnicity
- Mestizo
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Profession
- Education
- University of Coimbra
- Died
- Nov 3, 1864
Guimarães, Maranhão
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on July 23, 2013
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