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Machado de Assis.by ~EmpressofAndes

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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (Rio de Janeiro,June 21, 1839 — Rio de Janeiro, September 29, 1908) was a Brazilian writer, widely regarded as the greatest name of Brazilian literature. He wrote in virtually all genres, being a poet, novelist, columnist, playwright, short story writer, feuilletonist, journalist, and literary critic. Witnessed political change in the country when the Republic replaced the Empire and was a great reporter and commentator of political and social events of his time.

Machado de Assis was born on 21 June 1839 in Rio de Janeiro, then capital of the Empire of Brazil. His parents were Francisco José de Assis, a mulatto wall painter, and Maria Leopoldina da Câmara Machado, an Azorean Portuguese washerwoman. He was born in Livramento country house, owned by Dona Maria José de Mendonça Barro Pereira, widow of senator Bento Barroso Pereira, who protected his parents and allowed them to live with her.

Widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature, nevertheless he did not gain widespread popularity outside Brazil in his own lifetime. He was multilingual, having learned French, English, German, and Greek later in life, all by himself.

In 1868 Machado met the Portuguese Carolina Augusta Xavier de Novais, five years older than he. She was the sister of his colleague Faustino Xavier de Novais, for whom he worked on the magazine O Futuro. Afflicted with a stammer, Machado was extremely shy, short and lean, but he was very intelligent and well learned. He married Carolina on 12 November 1869; although her parents Miguel and Adelaide, and her siblings disapproved because Machado was mulatto and she was of purely European ancestry. They had no children.

Machado de Assis, along with fellow monarchists such as Joaquim Nabuco, Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Afonso Celso de Assis and Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, and other writers and intellectuals, founded the Academia Brasilira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Letters). He was its first president from 1897 to 1908, when he died. For many years, he requested that the government grant a proper headquarters to the Academy, which he managed to obtain in 1905. In 1902 he was transferred to the accountancy’s directing board of the Ministry of Industry.
His wife Carolina Novais died on October 20, 1904, after thirty-five years of a “perfect married life”. Feeling depressed and lonely, Machado did not survive her for much longer, and died at 3:20 am on September 29, 1908.

This a drawing of one of my favorite writers. The photagraph reference here: [link] (in my book cover, the photograph is turned to the left side).

~La-Bella-Devotchka Feb 2, 2013

Nossa muito muito fodaaa!!!!

Amei as sombras que você fez!!! Muito bem feito, parabéns

E falando em Machado, estou super a fim de ler e reler alguns contos dele.. !

~EmpressofAndes Feb 2, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Weeeee, valeu!

Ahhh, lê O Alienista, eu adoro

. O povo da minha sala me xinga pq eu gosto de livros clássicos. E ainda falam que eu sou arrogante

~La-Bella-Devotchka Feb 5, 2013

É, exatamente o que acontece comigo haha

Mas po, depois de um tempo eles nem me zoam mais por que eles também passaram a gostar e tal

Pelo menos um pouquinho

~EmpressofAndes Feb 6, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Nossa, sorte a sua

. Poucas pessoas na minha sala gostam de livros assim

. Você gosta mais do Machadão? Porque eu o amo de verdade mas eu sou mais o estilo do José de Alencar

~La-Bella-Devotchka Feb 18, 2013

Cara eu adoro Machado de Assis! Mas sabe que eu acho que ele era melhor contista que romancista?! Eu amoooo os contos dele sério

Quanto ao José de Alencar, eu também gosto muito! Já li Senhora e Lucíola e gostei dos dois, principalmente Lucíola

~EmpressofAndes Feb 19, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Sério? Na verdade eu li poucos livros do Machado, eu li O Alienista, Esaú e Jacó e agora to lendo Dom Casmurro

. Mas eu já li alguns poemas dele e eu acho sensacional

O José de Alencar é minha encarnação passada, não é possível, o homem descreve exatamente tudo o que eu penso HSUASUAH

. Eu queria ler Ubirajara pra terminar as obras indigenistas, li o Tronco do Ipê e Cinco Minutos.

.
O Guarani é o livro da minha vida

~La-Bella-Devotchka Feb 27, 2013

Nossa nunca li o Guarani mas já o estudei!
Tu devias ler Lucíola e Senhora, são muito bons sério.. E eu te entendo, o mesmo que você sente pelo José de Alencar eu sinto pelo Machado e Tchékov! Sério, expressam tudo o que eu penso.. Livro livro mesmo dele eu só li Dom Casmurro, umas duas vezes, mas os contos eu já li a maioria, são perfeitos

~EmpressofAndes Feb 28, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

O Guarani tem tudo o que eu amo e mais um pouco!

. Mistura um pouco da história medieval portuguesa (EU AMO HISTÓRIA MEDIEVAL

), expedições bandeirantes(trágico, mas interessante), miscigenação, romance, RITUAIS ANTROPOFÁGICOS!!!

(eles não chegaram a acontecer, mais foi quase

).
Vou ler os dois sim, eu tenho aqui em casa. Nunca li esse Tchékov mas acho que tem um livro dele aqui também

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