José Veríssimo
José Veríssimo Dias de Matos (born April 8, 1857 in Óbidos , † December 2, 1916 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian writer , educator , journalist and co-founder of the Academia Brasileira de Letras .
Life
Veríssimo was strongly influenced by the evolutionism and determinism of Hippolyte Taines ; together with Araripe Júnior and Sílvio Romero , he is considered one of the most important naturalistic literary critics in Brazil.
In his writings, he deals particularly with Machado de Assis and the Amazon (his home region).
Academia Brasileira de Letras
José Veríssimo was one of the immortals (Imortais) as a co-founder of the Academia Brasileira de Letras, which was established in 1897. He chose João Francisco Lisboa (1812–1863) as the namesake for seat number 18, which he held until his death . Francisco Inácio Marcondes Homem de Melo was the successor to the chair .
Works
- Scenas da vida amazônica. Com um estudo sobre as populações indigenas e mestiças da Amazonia. Tavares Cardoso & Irmão, Lisbôa 1886. (3rd edition: Cenas da vida amazônica. Simões, Rio 1957).
- Questão de limits. 1889.
- Educação nacional. 1890.
- A Amazônia. Aspectos econômicos. 1892. Essay.
- A pesca na Amazônia. 1895.
- A instrução pública ea imprensa. 1900.
- Estudos brasileiros. 2 episodes (2 séries) 1889–1904.
- Estudos de literatura. 6 episodes (6 séries) 1901–1907.
- Homens e coisas estrangeiras. 3 episodes (3 séries) 1902–1908.
- Que é literatura e outros escritos. Garnier, Rio de Janeiro / Paris 1907.
- História da literatura brasileira. 1916. dominiopublico.gov.br (PDF)
- Letras e literatos. 1936.
literature
- Sônia Maria da Silva Araújo (Ed.): José Veríssimo: raça, cultura e educação. Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal do Para, Belém 2007, ISBN 978-85-247-0391-1 .
- Afrânio Coutinho , J. Galante de Souza: Enciclopédia de literatura brasileira. Global, São Paulo, ISBN 85-222-0241-9 .
- Irwin Stern (Ed.): Dictionary of Brazilian literature. Greenwood Press, New York 1988, ISBN 0-313-24932-6 , pp. 362-363.
- Isaac Goldberg: Brazilian literature. Alfred A. Knopf , New York 1922, pp. 165-187 (Darin Part II, Chapter III: José Verissimo).
- Francisco Prisco: José Verissimo, sua vida e suas obras. Bedeschi, Rio 1937.
Web links
- Literature by and about José Veríssimo in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Literature by and about José Veríssimo in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Literature by and about José Veríssimo in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Biography and bibliography of José Veríssimo on the website of the Academia Brasileira de Letras. Retrieved November 10, 2011 (Portuguese)
- Biography and bibliography in: Enciclopédia literatura brasileira on the Itaú Cultural website . Retrieved November 10, 2011 (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ José Veríssimo on the website of the Academia Brasileira de Letras
- ^ Murray Graeme MacNicoll: José Veríssimo: Critic and Contemporary of Machado de Assis. 1872-1916. In: Kentucky romance quarterly. 1980, pp. 345-359.
- ↑ Maria Eunice Moreira: História da literatura e identidade nacional brasileira. In: Revista de Letras , Vol. 43, 2003, No. 2, pp. 59-73, ISSN 0101-3505 ( JSTOR 27666775 ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Veríssimo, José |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian writer, journalist and literary critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Óbidos |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2, 1916 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |