Artur Azevedo

Artur de Azevedo

Artur Azevedo , actually Artur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo (born July 7, 1855 in São Luís , Maranhão , † October 22, 1908 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian journalist and writer.

Life

Azevedo came from a wealthy family: his father was the diplomat David Gonçalves de Azevedo, his mother Emília Amália Pinto de Magalhaes came from one of the leading families in the country. The writer Aluísio Azevedo was his younger brother.

After finishing school, Azevedo got a job with the provincial administration in his state. But after a short time he lost it again because he had ridiculed the government with cartoons . He went to Rio de Janeiro and earned his living in the early years as a clerk in the Ministry of Agriculture.

At the same time he began to work as a journalist on the side; among others for “A Estaçao” and “Novidades”. Azevedo made the acquaintance of Olavo Bilac , Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto , Alcindo Guanabara, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis , Moreia Sampio and others

Together with his brother Aluísio , he was one of the 40 founding members of the Academia Brasileira de Letras and from 1897 held the Cadeira 29 .

Artur Azevedo died on October 22, 1908 at the age of 53 in Rio de Janeiro, where he found his final resting place.

Works (selection)

Poetry

• Carapuças . 1871.
• Sonetos . 1876.

Short stories

• Contos possíveis . 1889.
• Contos fora de moda . 1894.
• Contos efêmeros . 1897.
• Contos em verso . 1898.

Plays

• Amor por Anexins . 1872.
• A Pele do Lobo . 1877.
• O Escravocrata . 1884.
• A capital federal . 1897.
• O Jagunço . 1898.
• O dote . 1907.

Work edition

• Antônio Martins de Araújo (Ed.): Teatro de Artur Azevedo . INAC, Rio de Janeiro 1983/95 (6 vols.).

literature

Essays

• Flávio W. de Aguiar: A dor eo júbilo. Artur Azevedo ea formação da dramaturgia brasileira . In: Sala preta. Revista de artes cênicas , Vol. 3 (2004), pp. 143-152, ISSN  1519-5279 .
• Brito Broca: Coelho Neto e Artur Azevedo . In: Revista do livro , Vol. 3 (1958), Issue 12, pp. 193-194.
• Fausto Cunha: Artur Azevedo. Poeta sem Poesia . In: Boletim Bibliográfico Brasileiro , Vol. 6 (1958), Issue 9, pp. 516-517.
• Augusto Fragoso: "O Album". O último journal literário de Artur Azevedo . In: Revisto do livro , Vol. 3 (1958), Issue 12, pp. 171-176.
• Hélio Pólvora de Almeida: O contista Artur Azevedo . In: Boletim Bibliográfico Brasileiro , Vol. 6 (1958), Issue 9, pp. 528-530.
• Joel Pontes: O teatro sério de Artur Azevedo . In: Anais do Segundo Congresso Brasileiro de Crítica e Histórica Literária, Assis, 24-30 de julho de 1961 . São Paulo 1963, pp. 237-264.
• Antônio S. dos Reis: Fontes para o estudio de Artur Azevedo . In: Boletim Bibliográfico Brasileiro , Vol. 6 (1958), Issue 9, p. 518.

Monographs

• Raymundo Magalhães: Artur Azevedo e sua época . Editorial CB, Rio de Janeiro 1966.
• Ivan Marques: Histórias do realismo. Lúcio de Mendonça, Olavo Bilac, Aluísio Azevedo, Inglês de Sousa, Raul Pompéia, Artur Azevedo, Machado de Assis . Editorial Scipione, São Paulo 2006, ISBN 85-262-6479-6 .
• Josuè Montello: Artur Azevedo ea arte do conto . Rio de Janeiro 1956.
• Walter Rela: Teatro costumbrista brasileño. Martins Pena, Macedo, Alencar, França Júnior, Artur Azevedo . Rio de Janeiro 1961.
• Roberto Seidl: Artur Azevedo. Ensáio bio-bibliográfico . Editorial ABS, Rio de Janeiro 1937.

Web links

• Biobibliography on the website of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Portuguese)
• Literature by and about Artur Azevedo in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin