José de Alencar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José de Alencar

Brazilian writer

Date of Birth: 01-May-1829

Place of Birth: Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Date of Death: 12-Dec-1877

Profession: writer, lawyer, politician, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

José Martiniano de Alencar (May 1, 1829 – December 12, 1877) was a Brazilian lawyer, politician, orator, novelist and dramatist.
He is considered to be one of the most famous and influential Brazilian Romantic novelists of the 19th century, and a major exponent of the literary tradition known as "Indianism".
Sometimes he signed his works with the pen name Erasmo. He was patron of the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.