Álvares de Azevedo
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Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo, affectionately called "Maneco" by his close friends, relatives and admirers, was a Brazilian Romantic poet, short story writer, playwright and essayist, considered t
A picture of Azevedo taken during the late 1840s
José Bonifácio the Younger
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José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva was a French-born Brazilian poet, teacher and politician. He is known as "the Younger" to distinguish him from his grand-uncle, José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, "th
Álvares de Azevedo
…graduated in 1846 from the Colégio Pedro II, he was admitted to the University of São Paulo Law School in the following year, where he befriended poets José Bonifácio the Younger (the grandnephew of famous Brazilian statesman José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva), Aureliano Lessa and Bernardo Guimarães. Alongside these poets and…
A statue of José Bonifácio the Younger at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo