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Something wrong?Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, sometimes called Bruxo do Cosme Velho, was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature. In 1897, he founded and became the first President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
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Morro do Livramento. The arrow in the top right corner shows the house where Machado was probably born and spent his childhood.
National Press, c. 1880, where Machado de Assis began his services as typographer and proofreader.
Machado de Assis when he was 25 years old, 1864.
Stamp depicting Machado de Assis
Students and friends, among them Euclides da Cunha, leave the Academy carrying the coffin of Machado de Assis to the Cemetery St. John the Baptist, 1908.
Volume of The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas dedicated by the author himself to the National Library of Brazil.
Machado de Assis around age 57, c. 1896Awards
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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, sometimes called Bruxo do Cosme Velho, was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature. In 1897, he founded and became the first President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was multilingual, having taught himself French, English, German and Greek later in life.
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