Biographical Overview & Key Facts

Subject:

Augusto dos Anjos

Role / Field:

Pioneering Brazilian poet whose work explored themes of sickness and death, foreshadowing Modernism.

Born:

1884-04-20

Died:

1914-11-12

Century / Era:

1884s Historical Era

Database Source:

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Origins & Early Life

Augusto de Carvalho Rodrigues dos Anjos (April 20, 1884 – November 12, 1914) was a Brazilian poet and professor. His poems speak mostly of sickness and death, and are considered the forerunners of Modernism in Brazil. He is the patron of the first chair of the Paraiban Academy of Letters. Augusto dos Anjos was born in 1884, in an engenho named Pau d'Arco, at the city of Cruz do Espírito Santo, in the Brazilian state of Paraíba (nowadays, the engenho is located in Sapé, also in Paraíba).

Pivotal Works & Achievements

He was initially homeschooled by his father, until he was admitted at the Lyceu Paraibano, where he would become a teacher in 1908. Augusto wrote poems since he was 7 years old. In 1903 he was admitted at Law course at the Faculdade de Direito do Recife, graduating in 1907. In 1910 he married Ester Fialho. Starting a career as a magistrate, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he served as teacher for many educational institutions and started to publish his poems in periodicals and newspapers.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

In 1912 he published his first and only poetry book, Eu (in English: Me), that received mixed reviews by the time it was published. Órris Soares, lifelong friend of Augusto dos Anjos, would republish...

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