Amadeu Amaral

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Amadeu Amaral (born November 6, 1875 in Monte-Mor , São Paulo (federal state) ; † October 24, 1929 in São Paulo ) was a Brazilian poet, Romanist , Lusitanist and dialectologist .

life and work

Amaral, who worked as a journalist and administrative officer in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, trained himself to become a linguist and ethnographer . He published the first scientific description of a Brazilian dialect and in 1921 gave a widely acclaimed speech on the 600th anniversary of Dante Alighieri's death .

From 1919 Amaral was a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Cadeira 15), as well as the Academia Paulista de Letras (Cadeira 33 and President).

Works

Fiction

  • Urzes. Poesia , São Paulo 1899 (heather, specimens extremely rare)
  • Névoa. Poesia , São Paulo 1902 (haze)
  • Espumas. Versos , São Paulo 1917 (foam)
  • Lâmpada antiga. Carta de guia de meus filhos. Um punhado de sonetos , São Paulo 1924 (poems)
  • Poesias , São Paulo 1931
  • Novela e conto , São Paulo 1976
  • Poesias completas , São Paulo 1977

Other works

  • Letras floridas , São Paulo 1920, 1976
  • O dialeto caipira. Gramática. Vocabulário , São Paulo 1920, 1955, 1976, 1982 (dialect of the area on the Rio Paraíba. Caipira )
  • O elogio da mediocridade. Estudos e notas de literatura , São Paulo 1924, 1976 (in praise of mediocrity)
  • Tradições populares , São Paulo 1948, 1976
  • Obras completas de Amadeu Amaral , São Paulo 1948, 1955
  • Memorial de um passageiro de bonde , São Paulo 1976
  • Política humana , São Paulo 1976
  • Ensaios e conferências , São Paulo 1976 ( Discurso de posse na Academia Brasileira de Letras. Um soneto de Bilac. Dante. A poesia da viola. Luís de Camões )

literature

  • Manoel Cerqueira Leite, A poesia compensatória de Amadeu Amaral , São Paulo 1972
  • Paulo Duarte, Amadeu Amaral , São Paulo 1976
  • Adelino Brandão, Amadeu Amaral eo folclore brasileiro , São Paulo 1977

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personal data
SURNAME Amaral, Amadeu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian poet, Romanist, Lusitanist and dialectologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Monte-Mor
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1929
Place of death São Paulo