Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
2
Gender
Male
Birthday
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Place of Birth
São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Also Known As
Aluísio Azevedo
Biography
Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de Azevedo (14 April 1857 – 21 January 1913) was a Brazilian novelist, caricaturist, diplomat, playwright and short story writer. Initially a Romantic writer, he would later adhere to the Naturalist movement. He introduced the Naturalist movement in Brazil with the novel O Mulato, in 1881. He founded and occupied the 4th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1913.