Leonel Martiniano de Alencar, Baron of Alencar
Leonel Martiniano de Alencar was a Brazilian lawyer and diplomat, who served as the ambassador of Brazil in many occasions. He was the son of famous politician José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar, and the younger brother of famous novelist José de Alencar.
Leonel Martiniano de Alencar, Baron of Alencar
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