Gonçalves Dias

Playwright, Film story contributor

1823 – 1864

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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

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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