João Ribeiro

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João Ribeiro, around 1900.

João Ribeiro , actually João Batista Ribeiro de Andrade Fernandes (born June 24, 1860 in Laranjeiras , Sergipe , † April 13, 1934 ) was a Brazilian writer and painter.

Since Ribeiro's father died early, he grew up in his grandfather's wealthy family. He studied medicine at the University of Salvador da Bahia , but broke off this course and switched to engineering at the University of Rio de Janeiro . There he changed his subject again. He began to study law and was then able to successfully complete it in 1894.

During this time, Ribeiro was already working as a secretary at his country's national library. In the spring of 1895 he went on a long study trip to Europe. The most important stops on this trip for Ribeiro were Paris , Rome and Berlin . He returned to Brazil in the spring of the following year. During this trip Ribeiro discovered painting for himself. Initially just a pastime, it culminated in a remarkable exhibition in Rio de Janeiro in 1900.

As a freelancer, Ribeiro wrote for various newspapers and magazines in Brazil and Portugal; u. a. for "Imparcial" and "Jornal". The focus of his publications was almost exclusively on subjects of literature and art.

As the successor to the late Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães , Ribeiro was accepted into the Academia Brasileira de Letras in 1898 .

Works (selection)

Title page of his História do Brasil , 1901.
Poetry
  • Avena e Cítara . 1890.
  • Versos . 1890.
  • Tenebrosa Lux . 1881.
  • Versos . 1890.
Non-fiction
  • História do Brasil , 1901.
  • Autores de Fiçcão . 1919.
  • Classicos e Românticos Brasileires . 1932.
  • Crítica os modernos . 1930.
  • Curiosidades Verbais . 1927.
  • Dicinário gramatical . 1889.
  • Frases Freitas . 1908.
  • Páginas de Estética . 1905.
  • Poetas Parnasianismo e simbolismo . 1927.
  • A língua nacional . 1933.

literature

  • Dieter Reichhardt (ed.): Latin American authors. Literary dictionary and bibliography of German translations . Erdmann Verlag, Tübingen 1972, ISBN 3-7711-0152-2 , pp. 270-271.
personal data
SURNAME Ribeiro, João
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ribeiro de Andrade Fernandes, João Batista (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian writer, journalist, philologist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Laranjeiras , Sergipe
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1934