Graça Aranha, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Graça Aranha

Brazilian writer and diplomat

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1868

Place of Birth: São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1931

Profession: judge, writer, diplomat, novelist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

José Pereira da Graça Aranha (June 21, 1868 – January 26, 1931) was a Brazilian writer and diplomat, considered to be a forerunner of the Modernism in Brazil.
He was also one of the organizers of the Brazilian Modern Art Week of 1922. He founded and occupied the 38th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1931.
However, he would break all his relations with the Academy in 1924, accusing it of being "old-fashioned".