Graça Aranha

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Graça Aranha (undated)

Graça Aranha , actually José Pereira da Graça Aranha (born June 21, 1868 in São Luís , Maranhão state ; † January 26, 1931 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian writer, diplomat and co-founder of the Academia Brasileira de Letras .

Life

Aranha came from an upper-class family from Maranhão, northeastern Brazil: his parents were Témístocles da Silva Maciel Aranha and his wife María da Gloría da Graça. After completing his schooling Aranha went to Recife at the local Faculdade de Direito do Recife , today's Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco to law study. At the Faculty of Law, the Recife School had formed a humanities movement in the northeast that was connected to Aranha. In 1886 he was able to successfully finish his studies. He was then sent to Porto do Cachoeiro , now in the state of Espírito Santo, as a judge .

Diplomatic career

In 1899 he became secretary to Joaquim Nabuco , whom he accompanied in 1900 when this ambassador in London . 1902 published his first well-known novel Canaã (Canaan) and in 1903 he traveled to Rome , where he served as vice-president at a Congresso dos Povos Latinos organized by Angelo De Gubernatis . In 1905 he was the second class legation secretary in a Brazilian-Bolivian arbitration. In 1906 he was also the second class legation secretary in a Brazilian-Peruvian arbitration and was promoted to first class legation secretary and sent as a delegate to the third Pan-American conference in Rio de Janeiro.

Under the President of Brazil Nilo Peçanha he was in 1909 at the legation in Bern and from March 11, 1910 as charge d'affaires in Oslo accredited. When Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca became president of the country in 1910, he brought Aranha back into the diplomatic service. From August 22, 1912 to November 21, 1914 he was envoy extraordinary and ministre plénipotentiaire at the court of The Hague and was subsequently retired . In 1920 he returned to Brazil.

Writing and academy

Although he had not yet published his first work, in 1897 he was one of the founding members of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL) with the chair number Cadeira 38 , for which he chose Tobias Barreto as the namesake. He was considered "difficult" and so he was ostracized because of his views and ideas. When he called a meeting on June 19, 1924 to disseminate his ideas, the dispute escalated as he described the establishment of the Academy as a mistake, and with effect from October 18 of the same year he resigned from the ABL. In 1929 he founded the magazine Movimento Brasileiro together with Renato Almeida, which was published in 17 issues by 1930.

His first novel, Canaã , published in 1902, deals with German immigration to the state of Espírito Santo. The novel formed the basis for the film Vale do Canaã by director Jece Valadão in 1971 . In the academy he led a discourse with João Carneiro de Sousa Bandeira (1865–1917) that was only published in 1941 in the Antologia da Academia Brasileira de Letras years later . During his stay in Europe he published his drama, Malazarte , in France in 1911 , which was premiered at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre in Paris with sets by F. Montagny , with Greta Prozor (* 1885 in Paris; † 1978), a daughter of Moritz Prozor , had a role.

In 1915 he gave a lecture on the heroic life of Joaquim Nabuco before the Sociedade de Cultura Artística , which was published in print the following year ( A Mocidade Heróica de Joaquim Nabuco ). One of his main works is his Espírito moderno , published in 1925 .

Graça Aranha died at the age of 62 on January 26, 1931 in Rio de Janeiro, where he found his final resting place.

Honors

  • The Graça Aranha community in Maranhão state was named in his honor.
  • The Prêmio Graça Aranha was also launched in his honor - but only for a short time

reception

Graça Aranha is considered to be an important forerunner of modernism in Brazil. During his studies he made the acquaintance of representatives of the philosophical school of Recife and soon belonged to it as well. Despite his differences with the ABL, he is still an important representative of Modernismo Brasileiro . Aranha did not only see literature alone, but always as a holistic artistic trend. He was instrumental in initiating the Semana de Arte Moderna in 1922 .

None of his works has yet been translated into German.

Works (selection)

author

Novels
  • Canaã. Novela . 1902.
  • A viagem maravilhosa . 1929.
  • O meu próprio romance . 1931.
Non-fiction
  • Estética da Vida . 1921.
  • Espírito moderno . 1925.
Plays
  • Malazarte . 1911.
Work edition

editor

  • Correspondência de Machado de Assis e Joaquim Nabuco . 1923.

literature

Essays
  • Anoar Aiex: Graça Aranha and Brasilian modernism . In: Merlin M. Forster (Ed.): Tradition and renewal. Essay on 20th century Latin America Literature and Culture . University Press, London 1975, pp. 51-67, ISBN 0-252-00440-X .
  • Antonio Alatorre: Graça Aranha. Novelista y pensador . In: Cuadernos Americanos , Vol. 72 (1953), Issue 6, pp. 259-274, ISSN  0011-2356 .
  • José C. Garbuglio: De Ibsen à Graça Aranha . In: Revista do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros , Vol. 3 (1968), Issue 4, pp. 81-96, ISSN  0020-3874 .
  • José C. Garbuglio: Graça Aranha ea realidade sensorial . In: Revista de letras , Vol. 8/9 (1966), pp. 171-185, ISSN  0101-3505 .
  • Juan M. Molina Ortiz: Graça Aranha eo modernismo brasileiro . In: Tempo brasileiro , Vol. 76 (1984), pp. 61-81, ISSN  0497-1930 .
  • João R. Gomes da Faria: Graça Aranha eo teatro . In: Estudos brasileiros , Vol. 5 (1980), Issue 10, pp. 225-235.
Monographs
  • José Américo de Almeida : Eu e êles. Getúlio Vargas , Virgílio de Melo Franco, Augusto dos Anjos , Epitácio Pessoa , José Lins do Rêgo, Graça Aranha, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Assis Chateaubriand . Nosso Tempo, Rio de Janeiro 1970.
  • Anonymous: Exposição comemorativa do centenário de nascimento de Graça Aranha . Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 1968.
  • Maria H. Azevedo: To senhor modernista. Biografia de Graça Aranha . ABL, Rio de Janeiro 2002, ISBN 85-7440-049-1 .
  • Augusto E. Lins: Graça Aranha eo "Canaã" . LSJ, Rio de Janeiro 1967.
  • Mauricio Medeiros: Homens notáveis. Santos Dumont , Manuel Antônio de Almeida , Tobias Barrelo, Camilo Castelo Branco , Silva Jardim, Medeiros e Albuquerque, Graça Aranha, Celso Vieira . Editorial José Olympio, Rio de Janeiro 1964.

Web links

Commons : Graça Aranha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ digitized version .
  2. ^ Graça Aranha: A Mocidade Heróica de Joaquim Nabuco. Retrieved September 2, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese). In: Sociedade de Cultura Artística: Conferencias 1914–1915. Typographia Levi, São Paulo 1916, pp. 221-252. (Online in the Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin ).
  3. ^ Iba Mendes: A Mocidade Heróica de Joaquim Nabuco. Joaquim Nabuco sob o olhar ufanista de Graça Aranha. Retrieved September 2, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  4. ^ Prefeitura Municipal de Graça Aranha: Nossa história. Retrieved September 1, 2018 (Brazilian Portuguese).
predecessor Office successor
Brazilian envoy extraordinary and ministre plénipotentiaire in The Hague
August 22, 1912 to November 21, 1914 		Armínio de Mello Franco
personal data
SURNAME Aranha, Graça
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graça Aranha, José Pereira da
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian writer and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH São Luís , Maranhão
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1931
Place of death Rio de Janeiro