Aluísio Azevedo

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Aluísio Tancredo Gonçalves de Azevedo (April 14, 1857January 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.

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[edit] Biography

He was born in São Luís in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[edit] Career

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.

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