Gonçalves Dias, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gonçalves Dias

Brazilian poet and dramatist

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1823

Place of Birth: Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil

Date of Death: 03-Nov-1864

Profession: writer, lawyer, poet, historian, playwright, ethnologist, university teacher, journalist, theatrologist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Gonçalves Dias

  • Antônio Gonçalves Dias (Portuguese pronunciation: [?~'tonju gõ'sawvis 'd?i?s]; August 10, 1823 – November 3, 1864) was a Brazilian Romantic poet, playwright, ethnographer, lawyer and linguist.
  • A major exponent of Brazilian Romanticism and of the literary tradition known as "Indianism", he is famous for writing "Canção do exílio" (arguably the most well-known poem of Brazilian literature), the short narrative poem I-Juca-Pirama, the unfinished epic Os Timbiras, and many other nationalist and patriotic poems that would award him posthumously with the title of national poet of Brazil.
  • He was also an avid researcher of Native Brazilian languages and folklore. He is the patron of the 15th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

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