Aluísio Azevedo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aluísio Azevedo

Brazilian writer and diplomat

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1857

Place of Birth: São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

Date of Death: 21-Jan-1913

Profession: writer, diplomat, playwright, painter, journalist, chronicler, caricaturist, novelist, drawer, short story writer

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de Azevedo (Portuguese pronunciation: [?'lwizju t?~'k?edu gõ'sa?vi? d? ?ze?'vedu], 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.