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Aluísio Azevedo

Died in 1913

Aluísio Azevedo was born on 14 April 1857 in São Luís, in Maranhão, the son of the Portuguese vice-consul David Gonçalves de Azevedo; according to Prepara Enem, his parents lived together without being married, which caused a scandal. In 1876 he joined his elder brother, the playwright Artur Azevedo, in Rio, studied at the Fine Arts school and drew caricatures for newspapers. He wrote tirelessly until 1895, the year he entered the diplomatic service. Founder of a seat at the Brazilian Academy of Letters, he died in Buenos Aires on 21 January 1913.

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