José Veríssimo

José Veríssimo, ca. 1900.

José Veríssimo Dias de Matos (8 April 1857 – 2 December 1916) was a writer,[1] educator,[2][3] journalist, literary critic,[4][5] and founding member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.[6]

Biography

José Veríssimo was born in Óbidos, Pará, the son of José Veríssimo de Matos and Ana Flora Dias de Matos. His early school-days were spent in Manaus and Belém.[7] In 1869, he was sent to Rio de Janeiro to continue his studies, but had to return to Pará due to poor health.[8] He then devoted himself zealously to journalism and teaching. In 1891, Veríssimo returned to Rio de Janeiro and took a position as professor in Colégio Pedro II. For some time (1895–1899), concurrently with his scholarly labors, he edited the famous Revista Brasileira.[9]

Works

Selected articles

Notes

  1. Stern, Irwin (1988). Dictionary of Brazilian Literature. New York: Greenwood Press, pp. 362–363.
  2. Cavazotti, Maria Auxiliadora (2003). O Projeto Republicano de Educação Nacional na Versão de José Veríssimo. São Paulo: Annablume.
  3. Araújo, Sônia Maria da Silva (2010). "Educação Republicana sob a Ótica de José Veríssimo," Educar em Revista, No. 2, pp. 303–318.
  4. Barbosa, João Alexandre (1978). José Veríssimo: Teoria, Crítica e História Literária. Rio de Janeiro/São Paulo: LTC/Edusp.
  5. Pereira, Márcio Roberto (2009). "José Veríssimo: Literatura e Construção do Cânone," Diálogo e Interação, Vol. 1.
  6. Peregrino Júnior (1957). "José Veríssimo: Homem de Carne e Osso," Revista da Academia Brasileira de Letras, Vol. 93, No. 57, pp. 9–21.
  7. Prisco, Francisco (1937). José Veríssimo: Sua Vida e Suas Obras. Rio de Janeiro: Bedeschi.
  8. "José Veríssimo," Academia Brasileira de Letras.
  9. Goldberg, Isaac (1922). "José Veríssimo." In: Brazilian Literature. New York: Alfred A. Knoff, p. 187.
  10. Barbosa, João Alexandre (2002). "A História da Literatura Brasileira." In: Alguma Crítica. Cotia: Atelie Editorial, pp. 111–129.

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Preceded by
João Francisco Lisboa (patron)

Brazilian Academy of Letters – Occupant of the 18th chair

1897–1916
Succeeded by
Francisco Inácio Marcondes Homem de Melo
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