Iracema is one of the three indigenous novels by José de Alencar. It was first published in 1865. The novel has been adapted into several films.
Statue in honor of Iracema in Fortaleza at Messejana lagoon.
"Iracema", painting by Antônio Parreiras
José Martiniano de Alencar was a Brazilian lawyer, politician, orator, novelist and dramatist. He is considered to be one of the most famous and influential Brazilian Romantic novelists of the 19th century, and a major exponent of the literary tradition known as "Indianism". Sometimes he signed his works with the pen name Erasmo. He was patron of the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
The house where José de Alencar was born and lived in until 1844, in the Messejana neighborhood, in Fortaleza
Monument to José de Alencar in Rio de Janeiro