Raimundo da Mota de Azevedo Correia (May 13, 1859 – September 13, 1911) was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, judge and magistrate. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and

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, he was a member of the "Parnassian Triad". He founded and occupied the 5th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1911.

Life

Correia was born on a ship anchored in the shores of São Luís,

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, to ''

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'' José da Mota de Azevedo Correia and Maria Clara Vieira da Mota de Azevedo Correia. Correia made his secondary course at the

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, and graduated in Law in 1882, at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo. He would serve as a successful judge in

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and

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. Correia's first book, ''Primeiros Sonhos'', was published in 1879, and its poems have a strong influence of Brazilian Romantic poets such as

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and

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. However, he would join

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in 1883, with him book ''Sinfonias''. Some of his poems are also considered to forerun the

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in Brazil. Correia died in 1911 in

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while he was searching for a treatment for his diseases.

Bibliography

* ''Primeiros Sonhos'' (1879) * ''Sinfonias'' (1883) * ''Versos e Versões'' (1887) * ''Aleluias'' (1891) * ''Poesias'' (1898)

References

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External links

Raimundo Correia's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
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