Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo

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Manuel José de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, was a Brazilian Romantic writer, painter, architect, diplomat and professor, considered to be one of the first Brazilian editorial cartoonists ever. He is the patron of the 32nd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

Porto-Alegre by Ferdinand Krumholz, c. 1848

A herma of Porto-Alegre in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

From left to right: Gonçalves Dias, Porto-Alegre and Gonçalves de Magalhães, on a picture dating from circa 1858

Portrait of Pedro I of Brazil, oil painting

Academia Brasileira de Letras

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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.