Fausto Barreto
Fausto Barreto (born December 19, 1852 in Tauá, Ceará , † October 2, 1908 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian Romanist , Lusitanist , Brazilianist and politician.
Life
Barreto studied in Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro (medicine) and became a high school teacher. From 1883 he was Professor of Portuguese at the Colégio Pedro II and in 1887 drafted national examination regulations for Portuguese, which forced the preparation of a modern grammar. Together with Carlos de Laet (1847–1927) he created the Portuguese textbook in Brazil that has been authoritative and normative for decades. A street in Rio de Janeiro is named after him.
Works
- (Ed. With Carlos de Laet) Antologia nacional ou collecção de excerptos dos principaes escriptores da lingua portugueza do 19o (20o) ao 16e seculo , Rio de Janeiro, Paulo de Azevedo, 1895 (last 1989).
literature
- Christopher F. Laferl, Brazil and the Norm, in: America and the Norm. Literary language as a model? , ed. by Christopher F. Laferl and Bernhard Pöll, Tübingen, Niemeyer, 2007.
Web links
- http://www.unicamp.br/iel/memoria/Ensaios/LiteraturaInfantil/fausto.htm (information on Antologia nacional, Portuguese)
- http://www.revistas.usp.br/flp/article/view/59771/62880 (On the beginnings of grammar writing in Brazil, Portuguese)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barreto, Fausto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian Romanist, Lusitanist, Brazilianist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tauá, Ceará |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1908 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |