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

Alberto de Oliveira Antônio Mariano Alberto de Oliveira (April 28, 1857 – January 19, 1937) was a Brazilian poet, pharmacist and professor. He is better known by his pen name Alberto de Oliveira. Alongside Olavo Bilac and Raimundo Correia, he comprised the B ...

and

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 ...

, he was a member of the "Parnassian Triad". He founded and occupied the 5th chair of the

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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 '' desembargador'' 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 are strongly influenced by Brazilian Romantic poets such as

Fagundes Varela Luís Nicolau Fagundes Varela (August 17, 1841 – February 18, 1875) was a Brazilian Romantic poet, adept of the " Ultra-Romanticism" movement. He is patron of the 11th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Biography Luís Nicolau Fag ...

, Casimiro de Abreu and Castro Alves. However, he would join

Parnassianism Parnassianism (or Parnassism) was a group of French poets that began during the positivist period of the 19th century (1860s–1890s), occurring after romanticism and prior to symbolism. The style was influenced by the author Théophile Gauti ...

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