Manuel Antônio de Almeida

Manuel Antônio de Almeida (born November 17, 1831 in Rio de Janeiro , † November 28, 1861 in Macaé ) was a Brazilian journalist and writer.

Almeida studied art and medicine, making his living as a translator and journalist. His only literary work Memórias de um sargento de milícias , he published anonymously as a serial in the years 1852 and 1853. In it he describes life in Rio de Janeiro in the first half of the 19th century in a naturalistic style. The work received little attention at the time, but has been considered the first great novel in Brazilian literature since its rediscovery in the 20th century .

Almeida promoted the young Machado de Assis . Almeida died in a shipwreck off the Brazilian coast.

Web links

Literature by and about Manuel Antônio de Almeida in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Literature by Manuel Antônio de Almeida in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin

personal data
SURNAME	Almeida, Manuel Antônio de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 17, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rio de Janeiro
DATE OF DEATH	November 28, 1861
Place of death	Macaé