Academia Brasileira de Letras
Coordinates: 22 ° 54 ′ 37.93 " S , 43 ° 10 ′ 21.88" W.
The Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL) (German: Brazilian Academy of Literature , pronunciation: [ akadeˈmiɐ bɾaziˈlejɾɐ dʒi ˈletɾɐs ] ) is a Brazilian literary society in Rio de Janeiro , founded at the end of the 19th century by 40 writers and poets based on the model of the French Académie française was founded. Its aim is to maintain the Brazilian language and literature, as a language association it is also the highest authority for Brazilian Portuguese. Marco Lucchesi has been the 52nd President since 2017 .
history
Standing: Rodolfo Amoedo , Artur Azevedo, Inglês de Sousa, Olavo Bilac , José Veríssimo, Sousa Bandeira, Filinto de Almeida, Guimarães Passos, Valentim Magalhães, Rodolfo Bernadio, Rodrigo Octavio Heitor Peixoto. Sitting: João Ribeiro , Machado de Assis , Lúcio de Mendonça , José Júlio da Silva Ramos .
The company was founded on December 15, 1896 by the elected first President Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis . After the statutes were adopted on January 28, 1897, the Academy was established on July 20, 1897. It consisted of 40 founding members, Fundadores . The members keep this position until they die. For their part, they elect a further 20 international, “corresponding” members.
New members are appointed by election when one of the numbered seats, the “cadeiras”, named after a patron saint, the patrono , becomes vacant. On official occasions, the members wear a uniform with a sword, the so-called "fardão". Until 1977, when the narrator Rachel de Queiroz was elected for seat no. 5, there were only male members, today the proportion is 10% women, of which Nélida Piñon 1996–1997 and Ana Maria Machado 2012–2013 acted as president.
The "Petit Trianon" building
In 1923, thanks to the initiative of the President of the Academy, Afrânio Peixoto , and the French Ambassador, Raymond Conty, the building of the French pavilion of the “Exposição do Centenário da Independência do Brasil”, the “ Petit Trianon ” (“Little Trianon”) of the Academy given. This building in neoclassical style is a replica of the "Petit Trianon" of Versailles , built between 1762 and 1769 by the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel .
In 1932, on the occasion of an act of commemoration for the 100th anniversary of Goethe's death, at the suggestion of Edgar Roquette-Pinto, a “Goethea” , a mallow plant named after Goethe, was planted in the garden of the “Petit Trianon” as a symbol of humanism.
More recently, the Academy opened one of the largest public libraries in Rio de Janeiro with around 90,000 volumes and a large media center.
The academy annually awards various literary prizes, of which the Prêmio Machado de Assis is the most important Brazilian prize awarded for life's work. It is endowed with R $ 100,000. There are also prizes for poetry, drama, essay, criticism or children's literature. From 2005 the “Afonso Arino de Melo Franco Prize” will also be awarded.
Current members
Regular members
Corresponding members
| Seat | Surname | Born | country | since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Didier Lamaison | 1947 | France | 2009 |
| 2 | Mario Soares | 1924 | Portugal | 1987 |
| 3 | Antonio Valdemar | 1938 | Portugal | 2013 |
| 4th | António Braz Teixeira | 1936 | Portugal | 2002 |
| 5 | Mia Couto | 1955 | Mozambique | 1998 |
| 6th | Arnaldo Saraiva | 1939 | Portugal | 2008 |
| 7th | Joaquim Veríssimo Serrão | 1925 | Portugal | 1978 |
| 8th | Agustin Buzura | 1938 | Romania | 2001 |
| 9 | Adriano Moreira | 1922 | Portugal | 1975 |
| 10 | Agustina Bessa-Luís | 1922 | Portugal | 1989 |
| 11 | José Carlos de Vasconcelos | 1940 | Portugal | 2012 |
| 12 | Mario Vargas Llosa | 1936 | Peru | 2014 |
| 13 | Jean d'Ormesson | 1925 | France | 1979 |
| 14th | Daisaku Ikeda | 1928 | Japan | 1992 |
| 15th | Berthold Zilly | 1945 | Germany | 2018 |
| 16 | Leslie Bethell | 1937 | United Kingdom | 2010 |
| 17th | Antonio Maura | 1953 | Spain | 2011 |
| 18th | João Malaca Casteleiro | 1936 | Portugal | 2017 |
| 19th | Alain Touraine | 1925 | France | 1998 |
| 20th | Eduardo Lourenço | 1923 | Portugal | 2006 |
Corresponding members from Germany
The following were elected from Germany as corresponding members: Theodor Mommsen from 1898 until his death in 1903, Hermann Mathias Görgen from 1989 until his death in 1994 and Curt Meyer-Clason from 1981 until his death in January 2012. In June 2018, Berthold Zilly , one of the most important Brazilianists in Germany, elected a corresponding member.
Cooperation between the ABL and the German Academy for Language and Poetry
In 2018, the President of the ABL, Marco Lucchesi , and the President of the German Academy for Language and Poetry, Professor Ernst Osterkamp , agreed on a cooperation for cultural exchange.
Academy Awards
The Academy has awarded various prizes since 1909, including:
- Prêmio ABL de Cinema
- Prêmio ABL de Ensaio crítica e história literária
- Prêmio ABL de Ficção romance teatro e conto
- Prêmio ABL de História e Ciências Sociais
- Prêmio ABL de Literatura Infantojuvenil
- Prêmio ABL de Poesia, Poetry Prize
- Prêmio ABL de Tradução, translator award
- Prêmio Francisco Alves
- Prêmio Machado de Assis , awarded for life's work, awarded since 1941
- Prêmio Abgar Renault (1997)
- Prêmio José Lins do Rego (1998)
See also
- List of presidents of the Academia Brasileira de Letras
- List of namesake and founders of the Academia Brasileira de Letras
- List of members of the Academia Brasileira de Letras
Web links
- Official website of the academy
- Portal: Academia Brasileira de Letras in the Portuguese Wikipedia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Goethea in the Petit Trianon of the Academy
- ^ Announcement of the Official Journal of June 2, 2010 on the 2010 winner Benedito Nunes ( memento of October 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 16, 2018
- ↑ tradutor inglês Berthold Zilly é eleito Socio Correspondente since ABL na vaga do norte-americano professor Claude Hulet. In: org.br. Academia Brasileira de Letras, accessed July 16, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Presidente da ABL, Acadêmico Marco Lucchesi, assina Acordo de Cooperação e Amizade com a German Academy for Language and Poetry. In: academia.org.br. Retrieved October 21, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ premios. In: org.br. Academia Brasileira de Letras, October 17, 2018, accessed October 21, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).