Aluísio Azevedo
Playwright, Author
1857 – 1913
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Who was Aluísio Azevedo?
Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de Azevedo was a Brazilian novelist, caricaturist, diplomat, playwright and short story writer. 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.
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- Born
- Apr 14, 1857
São Luís - Also known as
- Aluisio Azevedo
- Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de Azevedo
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Profession
- Lived in
- São Luís
- Died
- Jan 21, 1913
La Plata
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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