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January 13, 2025 | History
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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

Machado de Assis was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature.

Machado de Assis foi um escritor brasileiro, considerado por muitos críticos, estudiosos, escritores e leitores o maior nome da literatura brasileira. Escreveu em praticamente todos os gêneros literários, sendo poeta, romancista, cronista, dramaturgo, contista, folhetinista, jornalista e crítico literário.

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Brazilian writer

Born 21 June 1839
Died 29 September 1908

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  • Cover of: Memorias Posthumas de Braz Cubas

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  • Cover of: Dom Casmurro: a novel
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  • Cover of: Esaú e Jacob
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  • Cover of: Memorial de Ayres
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  • Cover of: The alienist: and other stories of Nineteenth-century Brazil
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    Cover of edition oalienistatextoi0000mach First published in 1981 — 28 editions
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  • Cover of: Yayá Garcia: a novel
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  • Cover of: Helena: A Novel by Machado de Assis (Translated with an Introduction)
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  • Cover of: Casa velha
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    First published in 1952 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: Silver
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  • Cover of: Contos fluminenses

    First published in 1924 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Contos

    First published in 1961 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Machado de Assis

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  • Cover of: Relíquias Da Casa Velha (Ilustrado)

    First published in 1926 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Brazilian Tales

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  • Cover of: Mão e a Luva

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Photo of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

Brazilian writer

Born 21 June 1839
Died 29 September 1908

Subjects

Fiction, Brazilian literature, Criticism and interpretation, Fiction, general, Brazilian Authors, Brazilian Short stories, Brazil, fiction, History and criticism, Translations into English, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Correspondence, Biography, Brazilian drama, Fiction, short stories (single author), Romance literature, Social life and customs, Brazil in fiction, Brazilian fiction, Drama, History, Language and languages, study and teaching, Manners and customs, Quotations, Theater, 869.3/3

Places

Brazil, Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Brazilië, Calcutta, Dublin, England, Homes and haunts, India, Ireland, Itaguaí, Latin America, New England, Surrey

People

Machado de Assis (1839-1908), Joaquim Nabuco (1849-1910), Bill Hutchinson, Eça de Queirós (1845-1900), Grimesby Roylott, Harry Graves, Helen Stoner, Jamil Almansur Haddad, Joaquim M. Machado de Assis, John H. Watson, Luís de Camões (1524?-1580), Massaud Moisés, Massaud, ed Moisés, Mr. Doran, Mr. Summers, Mrs. Mooney, Mário de Alencar, Old Man Warner, Polly Mooney, Sherlock Holmes, Stroke Moran, Tessie Hutchinson, Zack Bowen

Time

19th century, 20th century, 21st century, 1822-1889, 1850, 1889-1930, 20e sie cle, Século 19

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Alternative names

  • Machado de Assis
  • J. Machado de Assis
  • Joaquim M. Machado de Assis
  • J. M. Machado de Assis
  • MACHADO DE ASSIS,JOAQUIN
  • Machado DE ASSIS
  • Machado De Assis
  • Joaquim Machado De Assis
  • J.M. MACHADO DE ASSIS
  • Joaquim Machado de Assis
  • Machado de Assís
  • Joaqium Maria Machado de Assis
  • Machado de Machado de Assis
  • machado de assis
  • Machado Machado de Assis
  • ∞Machado de Assis∞
  • Joaquín María Machado de Assis

History

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January 13, 2025 Edited by Ryan Frozza Name field 'Machado de Assis' was changed to 'Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis' as written in the documentation. Pen name 'Machado de Assis' was added in the author's other names.
December 18, 2022 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
December 18, 2022 Edited by sunrisepianomonkey Added short bio based on WikiP; added dates; added IDs; added links
January 6, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternatives names
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import