Max Fleiuss

Max Fleiuss (born October 2, 1868 in Rio de Janeiro ; † January 31, 1943 there ) was a Brazilian journalist and writer.

Life

Fleiuss had family German roots; his father was Henrique Fleiuss, who immigrated from Germany .

In 1888 at the age of twenty, Fleiuss became secretary to the Brazilian foreign minister. As such, he occasionally reported to Emperor Pedro II . Later he was brought into the administration of the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro .

During his life, Fleiuss wrote for newspapers and magazines such as "A semana", "O século XX", "A renascença" and others.

Honors

• 1924 Honorary doctorate from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata
• In Barra da Tijuca , a district of Rio de Janeiro , a street was named after him in his honor.

Works (selection)

• A batalha do passo do Rosario . 1923.
• Centenario de Ayacucho . 1925.
• O centenário de Henrique Fleiuss . 1923.
• Centenarios do Brasil . 1901.
• Dom Pedro II 1940.
• Francisco Manuel eo Hino Nacional . 1916.
• A imperatriz D. Teresa Cristina Maria . 1922.
• Ouro prêtp . 1931.
• Páginas Brasileiros . 1919.
• As principais associações literárias e científicas do Brasil 1724-1838 . 1917.
• Quadros da História Pátria . 1918 (together with Basilio de Magalhães ).
• Río Branco . 1931.

literature

• Pedro Calmon: Max Fleiuss, o amigo . In: Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro , Vol. 281 (1968), pp. 81-86.
• Afrânio Coutinho u. a. (Ed.): Enciclopédia de literatura brasileira . 2nd edition Academia Brasileira de Literatura, São Paulo 2001 (2 vols., Here especially vol. 1).
• Augusto T. Fragosso: Os sofismas e as contradições do Max Fleiuss . Rio de Janeiro 1924.
• Dieter Reichardt: Latin American authors. Literary dictionary and bibliography of German translations . Erdmann Verlag, Tübingen 1972, ISBN 3-7711-0152-2 , pp. 213-214.