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
Academia Brasileira de Letras
The Academia Brasileira de Letras is a Brazilian literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century. The first president, Machado de Assis, declared its foundation on Tuesday, 15 December 1896, with the by-laws being passed on Thursday, 28 January 1897. On Tuesday, 20 July of the same year, the academy started its operation.
Facade of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Lúcio de Mendonça [pt], founder of the ABL.
The Petit Trianon in Rio de Janeiro, the seat of the academy since 1923.
The writer Fernando Henrique Cardoso, ex-President of Brazil, taking possession as a member of the academy in 2013.