Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo (September 7, 1872 – November 4, 1963) was a Brazilian poet, short story writer, diplomat and journalist. He founded and occupied the 9th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, from 1897 until his death in 1963, thus being the academic that occupied his chair for the longest time (66 years) and the youngest founder of the Academy (age 25).
Life
Azeredo was born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1872, to Caetano Pinto de Azeredo (who died three months after Carlos' birth) and Leopoldina Magalhães de Azeredo. Since as a young man, Azeredo would write – when he was 12 years old he wrote a poetry book named Inspirações da Infância, that was never published, and with 17 years old he started to trade letters with Machado de Assis and Mário de Alencar.
He made his primary studies in the Colégio São Carlos, in Porto, Portugal, later returning to Brazil (more precisely to the city of Itu), where he finished them at the Colégio São Luís.
He entered the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo in 1888, graduating in 1893. Two years later, he entered the diplomatic career, where he served as minister in Uruguay, Cuba, Greece and the Holy See. He would stay permanently in Italy, until his death.
Works
Azeredo was a very prolific writer, but his works remained unknown for some time in Brazil. In December 2003, former Brazilian President and then-ambassador of Brazil in Italy Itamar Franco found some then-unpublished writings by him, delivering them to the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
Poetry
Procelárias (1898) Portugal no Centenário das Índias (1898) O Poema da Paz, na Aurora do Século XX (1901) Horas Sagradas (1903) Odes e Elegias (1904) O Hino de Púrpura (1906) Vida e Sonho (1919) A Volta do Imperador (1920) Laudes do Jardim Real de Atenas (1921)
Short stories
Alma Primitiva (1895) Baladas e Fantasias (1900) Quase Parábola (1913) Ariadne (1922) Casos do Amor e do Instinto (1924) O Eterno e o Efêmero (1936)
Other
José de Alencar (essay – 1895) Homens e Livros (studies – 1902)
References
External links
Works by Azeredo
Azeredo's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
1872 births
1963 deaths
Brazilian male poets
Portuguese-language writers
Brazilian male short story writers
Brazilian diplomats
Brazilian journalists
Brazilian male journalists
University of São Paulo alumni
Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city) 19th-century Brazilian poets 20th-century Brazilian poets 19th-century Brazilian short story writers 19th-century Brazilian male writers 20th-century Brazilian short story writers 20th-century Brazilian male writers