Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo (September 7, 1872 – November 4, 1963) was a Brazilian poet, short story writer, diplomat and journalist. He founded and occupied the 9th chair of the

Brazilian Academy of Letters The Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL) ( English: ''Brazilian Academy of Letters'') is a Brazilian literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century. The first president, Machado de Assis, declared its foundation on Tue ...

, from 1897 until his death in 1963, thus being the academic that occupied his chair for the longest time (66 years) and the youngest founder of the Academy (he was 25 years old at the time).

Life

Azeredo was born in

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, in 1872, to Caetano Pinto de Azeredo (who died three months after Carlos' birth) and Leopoldina Magalhães de Azeredo. Since as a young man, Azeredo would write – when he was 12 years old he wrote a poetry book named ''Inspirações da Infância'', that was never published, and with 17 years old he started to trade letters with

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and Mário de Alencar. He made his primary studies in the Colégio São Carlos, in

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, later returning to Brazil (more precisely to the city of

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), where he finished them at the Colégio São Luís. He entered the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo in 1888, graduating in 1893. Two years later, he entered the diplomatic career, where he served as minister in

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and the

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. He would stay permanently in Italy, until his death.

Works

Azeredo was a very proficuous writer, but his works remained unknown for some time in Brazil. In December 2003, former Brazilian President and then-ambassador of Brazil in Italy

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found some then-unpublished writings by him, delivering them to the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

Poetry

* ''Procelárias'' (1898) * ''Portugal no Centenário das Índias'' (1898) * ''O Poema da Paz, na Aurora do Século XX'' (1901) * ''Horas Sagradas'' (1903) * ''Odes e Elegias'' (1904) * ''O Hino de Púrpura'' (1906) * ''Vida e Sonho'' (1919) * ''A Volta do Imperador'' (1920) * ''Laudes do Jardim Real de Atenas'' (1921)

Short stories

* ''Alma Primitiva'' (1895) * ''Baladas e Fantasias'' (1900) * ''Quase Parábola'' (1913) * ''Ariadne'' (1922) * ''Casos do Amor e do Instinto'' (1924) * ''O Eterno e o Efêmero'' (1936)

Other

* '' José de Alencar'' (essay – 1895) * ''Homens e Livros'' (studies – 1902)

References

External links

Works by Azeredo

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