Artur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo

Artur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo was born on the 78^th July 1855; he died on the 22^nd October 1908. He was a Brazilian playwright, short story writer, chronicler, a journalist and a Parnassian poet. Artur was the founder and occupied the 29^th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from the year 1897 till he died in the year 1908.

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Life

Artur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo was born in the city of São Luís, in Maranhão, to David Gonçalves de Azevedo and Emília Amália Pinto de Magalhães. He was the elder brother of the Naturalist novelist of the country called Aluísio Azevedo, famous for his works like O Mulato, O Cortiço and Casa de Pensão.

Works

Poetry

Ø  Carapuças (1871)

Ø  Sonetos (1876)

Short story collections

Ø  Contos Possíveis (1889)

Ø  Contos Fora de Moda (1894)

Ø  Contos Efêmeros (1897)

Ø  Contos em Verso (1898)

Theatre plays

Ø  Amor por Anexins (1872)

Ø  A Filha de Maria Angu (1876)

Ø  Uma Véspera de Reis (1876)

Ø  A Pele do Lobo (1877)

Ø  Joia (1879)

Ø  O Anjo da Vingança (1882 — in partnership with Urbano Duarte de Oliveira)

Ø  O Escravocrata (1884 — in partnership with Urbano Duarte de Oliveira)

Ø  Almanjarra (1888)

Ø  Fritzmack (1889 — in partnership with Aluísio Azevedo)

Ø  A Capital Federal (1897)

Ø  O Badejo (1898)

Ø  Confidências (1898)

Ø  O Jagunço (1898)

Ø  Comeu! (1901)

Ø  O Retrato a Óleo (1902)

Ø  O Dote (1907)