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| Born | Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de Azevedo 14 April 1857 São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil |
| Died | 21 January 1913 (aged 55) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation | Short story writer, playwright, novelist, diplomat |
| Nationality |  Brazilian |
| Ethnicity | White American |
| Literary movement | Romanticism, Naturalism |
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Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de Azevedo (April 14, 1857 – January 21, 1913) was a Brazilian writer. His writing style makes use of diverse characteristics from Naturalism, most zoomorphism and environmental determinism. Azevedo tended to keep the focus of his novels on the lower social classes and generally made use of crowded and enclosed spaces as scenery.
Biography
He was born in São Luís in the state of Maranhão, Brazil. Azevedo lived for many years in Rio de Janeiro, due to disagreements with some inhabitants from his hometown. He was forced to write low-quality novels which were published in folhetins in order to maintain himself economically, and would seldom write higher quality published novels. He eventually gave up on literature to dedicate himself to a career in diplomacy.
O Cortiço and O Mulato are considered his most important literary works, and continue to be prominent in Brazilian literature to this day.
His brother was Artur Azevedo, another important writer.
Works
- Uma Lágrima de Mulher, novel, 1880 - First work.
- O Mulato, novel, 1881
- Mistério da Tijuca or Girândola de amores, novel, 1882
- Memórias de Um Condenado or Condessa Vesper, novel,1882
- Casa de pensão, novel, 1884
- Filomena Borges, novel, 1884
- O homem, novel, 1887
- O cortiço, novel, 1890
- O coruja, novel, 1890
- A Mortalha de Alzira, novel, 1894
- Demônios, short stories, 1895
- O livro de uma sogra, novel, 1895
- O Bom Negro, chronicle
- O Esqueleto, (with Olavo Bilac)
- Os Doidos, play
- Casa de Orates, play
- Flor de Lis, play
- Em Flagrante, play
- Caboclo, play
- Um Caso de Adultério, play
- Venenos que Curam, play
- República, play
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