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| Born | Casimiro José Marques de Abreu (1839-01-04)4 January 1839 Casimiro de Abreu, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
| Died | 18 October 1860(1860-10-18) (aged 21) Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, playwright, novelist |
| Known for | poetry |
| Notable work | As Primaveras |
Casimiro José Marques de Abreu (January 4, 1839 – October 18, 1860) was a Brazilian poet, novelist and playwright, adept of the "Ultra-Romanticism" movement. He is famous for the poem "Meus oito anos".
He is patron of the 6th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. In 1999 Casimiro de Abreu's headstone was broken by an unnamed person
Life
Casimiro de Abreu was born on January 4, 1839, in the city of Barra de São João (renamed "Casimiro de Abreu" in his honor in 1925), to rich Portuguese farmers José Joaquim Marques de Abreu and Luísa Joaquina das Neves. He received only a basic education at Instituto Freeze, in Nova Friburgo, where he met and befriended Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa. Following orders of his father, he moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1852 to dedicate himself to commerce, an activity which he hated.
With his father, he travelled to Portugal in 1853. There he began his literary career, writing for many newspapers (such as O Progresso and Ilustração Luso-Brasileira) and collaborating with Alexandre Herculano and Luís Augusto Rebelo da Silva, among others. During his stay in Portugal, he wrote his first works: the theater play Camões e o Jau (influenced by Almeida Garrett's poem Camões), the novel Carolina, published under feuilleton form, and the first chapters of a novel which he would never finish: Camila.
In 1857, he returned to Rio, where he became a collaborator for the newspapers A Marmota, O Espelho, Revista Popular and Correio Mercantil. While working for the latter, he met Manuel Antônio de Almeida and Machado de Assis.
In 1859, he published his most famous work, the poetry book As Primaveras (Springtimes). Its publication was financed by his father, although he disapproved Casimiro's literary vocation.
Suffering from tuberculosis, Casimiro moved to Nova Friburgo in order to recover, but he died at age 21 on October 18, 1860.
Works
- Camões e o Jau (1856)
- Carolina (1856)
- Camila (unfinished novel — 1856)
- A Virgem Loura: Páginas do Coração (1857)
- As Primaveras (1859)
References
Citations
- ^ Lucas 1996, p. 76.
Bibliography
- Lucas, Fábio (1996). "Brazilian poetry from the 1830s to the 1880s". In Echevarría, Roberto González; Pupo-Walker, Enrique (eds.). The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature. Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-41035-9.
- Bruzzi, Nilo (1957). Casimiro de Abreu (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Gráfic Editôra Aurora.
External links
- Casimiro de Abreu's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (in Portuguese)
- Works by or about Casimiro de Abreu at the Internet Archive
- Works by Casimiro de Abreu at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
| Preceded byNew creation |  Brazilian Academy of Letters - Patron of the 6th chair |
Succeeded byTeixeira de Melo (founder) |
- 1839 births
- 1860 deaths
- Brazilian male poets
- Romantic poets
- Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
- Patrons of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
- People from Rio de Janeiro (state)
- 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- Portuguese-language writers
- 19th-century Brazilian poets
- 19th-century Brazilian dramatists and playwrights
- Tuberculosis deaths in Rio de Janeiro (state)
- Brazilian male dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century Brazilian male writers