Amadeu Amaral (full name Amadeu Ataliba Arruda Amaral Leite Penteado) was a Brazilian poet, folklorist, philologist and essayist. He was born in

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on November 6, 1875, and died in

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on October 24, 1929. He spent his early years in Capivari and moved to São Paulo at the age of 11. He became a journalist, working at Correio Paulistano and

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. In 1922 he moved to Rio for a new role at Gazeta de Notícias. From Rio, he sent a regular column "Bilhetes do Rio" to O Estado de S. Paulo. Returning to São Paulo, he held positions in public administration. Amaral was largely self-taught, as he did not complete his secondary education. He dedicated himself to folk studies and to the study of regional dialects. In Brazil, he was the first to study a regional dialect scientifically. '' The Caipira Dialect'', published in 1920, was a study of the language of the São Paulo

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in the Paraíba River valley area, analyzing its forms and scrutinizing its vocabulary. His poetry is classified as "post-Parnassian", and was praised by peers such as

Guilherme de Almeida Guilherme de Andrade e Almeida (July 24, 1890 – July 11, 1969) was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist, film critic, poet, essayist and translator. He helped popularize the Japanese poem style, ''haiku'', in Brazil. Biography He was born in Campin ...

. He was the second occupant of Chair 15 of the Brazilian Academy. He was elected on August 7, 1919, in succession to

Olavo Bilac Olavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac (16 December 1865 – 28 December 1918), known simply as Olavo Bilac (), was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Raimundo Correia, he was a member ...

, and received by academic Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo on November 14, 1919.Bio
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