Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco (writer)
Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco (born May 1, 1868 in Paracatu , Minas Gerais , Brazil , † February 19, 1916 in Barcelona , Spain) was a Brazilian lawyer and writer. From 1901 he was a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras .
Afonso Arinos was the son of Virgílio de Melo Franco and Ana Leopoldina de Melo Franco. He received his first training in Goiás , a place where his father was transferred. He finally attended high school in São João del-Rei and in Rio de Janeiro .
In 1885 he began to study law in São Paulo . Since his student days he showed increasing interest in literary studies and began to write some short stories.
After successfully completing his studies in 1889, he moved with his family to Ouro Preto , the capital of the state of Minas Gerais . There he initially successfully applied for a position as a history teacher. He later became one of the founders of the Minas Gerais State Law Faculty, teaching criminal law there.
During the armed uprising of 1893/94, he housed some writers in his house who had to flee from Rio de Janeiro.
Afonso Arinos published a number of writings in the Revista Brasileira and the Revista do Brasil in the 1890s . At the invitation of Eduardo Prado , he took over the management of the trade journal Comércio de São Paulo in 1897 .
In February 1901 he was appointed correspondent of the Brazilian Historical-Geographic Institute, the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro . In the same year he successfully applied for membership in the Academia Brasileira de Letras , chair 40, the Cadeira 40, succeeding Eduardo Prado .
The majority of his works were published after his death from 1916 in the years 1917–1921.
Works
- Pelo sertão - Stories (1898)
- Os jagunços - Stories (1898)
- Notas do dia (1900)
- O contratador de Diamantes - Drama (published posthumously, 1917)
- A unidade da Pátria (published posthumously, 1917)
- Lendas e Tradições Brasileiras (published posthumously, 1917)
- O mestre de campo - Drama (published posthumously, 1918)
- Histórias e paisagens (published posthumously, 1921)
- Ouro, ouro (unfinished)
Web links
- Literature by and about Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco (writer) in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arinos de Melo Franco, Afonso |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arinos, Afonso |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paracatu ( Minas Gerais , Brazil ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 1916 |
| Place of death | Barcelona |