Santa Rita Durão
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José de Santa Rita Durão, known simply as Santa Rita Durão, was a Colonial Brazilian Neoclassic poet, orator and Augustinian friar. He is considered a forerunner of "Indianism" in Brazilian literature
A 1981 Brazilian stamp celebrating the 200th anniversary of Caramuru's publication; a fictionalized depiction of Durão can be seen at the left, and Diogo Álvares Correia at the right
Caramuru
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Caramuru was the Tupi name of the Portuguese colonist Diogo Álvares Correia, who is notable for being the first European to establish contact with the native Tupinambá population in modern-day Brazil
Sculpture by Eduardo de Sá
