João Simões Lopes Neto
João Simões Lopes Neto (born March 9, 1865 in Pelotas , † June 14, 1916 ibid) was a Brazilian journalist and writer . He is considered the most important representative of the regional literature of Rio Grande do Sul .
Life
Simões Lopes Neto belonged to the aristocratic upper class of Pelotas. He was born on the Estância of his grandfather João Simões Lopes Filho, the Visconde da Graça. Until 1876 he lived on his country estate outside the city. His education was initially self-taught, in 1878 he went to Rio de Janeiro to visit the Colégio Abílio there. He is then said to have studied medicine for three years. However, documents to prove this are missing. When he returned to Rio Grande do Sul, he settled permanently in his hometown of Pelotas, at that time a prosperous economic center, especially through the more than 50 charqueadas (jerky meat factories) to which the city owed its wealth. On May 5, 1892, he married the 19-year-old Francisca de Paula Meireles Leite, called "Dona Velha". Since the marriage remained childless, they adopted a girl, Fermina de Oliveira Lopes, born in 1896. In Pelotas, he held numerous professional activities and tried a few projects, but all of them failed. He founded a glassworks, a schnapps distillery, a cigarette factory, a coffee roasting company, and finally a mining company, then he worked for ten years in the Alfândega (Port Customs), at times he was also a notary, secretary of the city council, teacher at a school, and also a lawyer National Guard officer. As a journalist, he wrote for the newspaper A Opinião Pública and ran the newspaper O Correio Mercantil . He died at the age of 51 from a ruptured stomach ulcer.
effect
Simões Lopes Neto was well versed in the regional gaúcho culture of Rio Grande do Sul. Although he has only published a narrow literary work, not more than three books by him appeared during his lifetime, his prose made a decisive contribution to the formation of the region's identity. His stories and legends were later collected in the book Contos Gauchescos e Lendas do Sul (1926). He has also appeared as a playwright. His play O Boato was performed several times at the Teatro Sete de Abril in Pelotas, his greatest success was the operetta Os Bacharéis , composed in 1896 and performed thirty times in Pelotas by 1914. In addition, he wrote numerous other comedies and dramas, which were neither performed nor printed. They have only come down to us as manuscripts. Today his works are known worldwide, with translations into Japanese, Italian, Spanish and English.
Memorials
The house that Simões Lopes Neto lived in from 1897–1907 in Pelotas was listed in 1999. There he wrote the stories A cidade de Pelotas and Negrinho do pastoreio , as well as seven plays, mostly comedies: O palhaço (1900), the only drama, furthermore Fifina (1900), Jojô e Jajá eyen Ioiô e Iaiá (1901), Querubim trovão (1901), Amores e facadas (1901), O maior credor (1901) and Por causa das bichas (1903). In 2005, the Instituto Simões Lopes Neto was established in the building , which includes a research center, library, museum and auditorium. The birthplace of Simões Lopes Neto, the Estância da Graça, with its manor house built in 1800, is located on the left bank of the Arroio Pelotas, 29 km from the city center. The Solar Visconde da Graça on Rua Gomes Carneiro was the town house of grandfather João Simões Lopes Filho. Since 1936 it has served as a day care center for children from socially disadvantaged parents. Located on the Avenida Brasil location Castelo Lopes Simões was in 1922 by Dr. Augusto Simões Lopes, uncle of the writer. The building was later the seat of the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de Pelotas , the Academia Sul-Brasileira de Letras and the Centro Literário Pelotense . Today, after being devastated by squatters at times, it stands empty.
Works
Book editions
- Cancioneiro Guasca , Pelotas 1910.
- Contos Gauchescos , Pelotas 1912.
- Lendas do sul , Pelotas 1913.
- Contos Gauchescos e Lendas do Sul , Porto Alegre 1926.
- Casos do Romualdo , Porto Alegre 1952.
- Terra Gaúcha , Porto Alegre 1955.
Manuscripts
- O Boato. Revista cômico-burlesca (1894)
- Mixórdia. Revista cômico-burlesca (1894/95)
- Os Bacharéis, Opereta em 3 atos (1896)
- A Viúva Pitorra. Comédia em 1 ato (1898)
- A Fifina. Comédia em 1 ato (1899)
- Amôres e Facadas. Comédia (1901)
- Jojô e Jajâ e Não Ioiô e Iaiá (1901)
- O Maior Credor. Burleta (1914)
- Sapato de Bebê (1915)
- Por Causa das Bichas. Comédia (sd)
- Coió Júnior (sd)
- O Bicho. Comédia (sd)
- Nossos Filhos. Drama (sd)
- Valsa branca (sd)
- Educação cívica. Conferência (sd)
- Pedras. Conferência (sd)
literature
- Cesar, Guilhermino: História da Literatura do Rio Grande do Sul (1737–1902) , Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, São Paulo 1956.
- Diniz, Carlos Francisco Sica: João Simões Lopes Neto, uma biografia , Porto Alegre 2003.
- Martins, Ari: Escritores do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre 1978.
- Pinto da Silva, João: História Literária do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Pelotas, Santa Maria 1924.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lopes Neto, João Simões |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pelotas |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1916 |
| Place of death | Pelotas |