Graça Aranha
Brazilian writer and diplomat (1868–1931) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Brazilian city with the same name, see Graça Aranha, Maranhão.
José Pereira da Graça Aranha (June 21, 1868 – January 26, 1931) was a Brazilian writer and diplomat, considered to be a forerunner of the Modernism in Brazil. He was also one of the organizers of the Brazilian Modern Art Week of 1922.
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Born | José Pereira da Graça Aranha (1868-06-21)21 June 1868 São Luís, Maranhão, Empire of Brazil |
Died | 26 January 1931(1931-01-26) (aged 62) Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil |
Occupation | novelist, diplomat |
Alma mater | Recife Law School |
Literary movement | Modernism |
Notable works | Canaã |
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He founded and occupied the 38th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1931. However, he would break all his relations with the Academy in 1924, accusing it of being "old-fashioned".