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Castro Alves

1847 - 1871

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Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves (14 March 1847 – 6 July 1871) was a Brazilian poet and playwright famous for his abolitionist and republican poems. One of the most famous poets of the Condorist movement, he wrote classics such as Espumas Flutuantes and Hinos do Equador, which elevated him to the position of greatest among his contemporaries, as well as verses from poems such as "Os Escravos" and "A Cachoeira de Paulo Afonso", in addition to the play Gonzaga, which earned him epithets such as "O Poeta dos Escravos" (The Poet of the Slaves) and "republican poet" by Machado de Assis, or descriptions of being "a national poet, if not more, nationalist, social, human and humanitarian poet", in the words of Joaquim Nabuco, of being "the greatest Brazilian poet, lyric and epic", in the words of Afrânio Peixoto, or even of being the "walking apostle of Condorism" and "a volcanic talent, the most enraptured of all Brazilian poets", in the words of José Marques da Cruz. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Castro Alves is the 5,402nd most popular writer (down from 4,348th in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 466th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Brazilian Writer.

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Among writers, Castro Alves ranks 5,402 out of 7,302. Before him are Hugh Walpole, Jacques Dupin, Giorgi Leonidze, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Katherine Neville, and Jean Amrouche. After him are Karel van de Woestijne, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, Idea Vilariño, Donald Rayfield, Margery Kempe, and Eugénio de Andrade.

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Among people born in 1847, Castro Alves ranks 96. Before him are Vilma Hugonnai, Emil Holub, Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Sarah Frances Whiting, and František Křižík. After him are Wilhelmina Drucker, Máximo Santos, Solomon Schechter, Wordsworth Donisthorpe, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and Christine Ladd-Franklin. Among people deceased in 1871, Castro Alves ranks 68. Before him are Adolph Strecker, Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine, Jan Jacob Rochussen, Charles Francis Hall, Martín Carrera, and Arvid August Afzelius. After him are George Grote, Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona, Thomas Ewing, Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero, Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, and Alexander Keith Johnston.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Castro Alves ranks 675 out of 2,236. Before him are Edu Manga (1967), Toninho (1965), Ricardo Rocha (1962), Zeca Pagodinho (1959), Ricardo Alexandre dos Santos (1976), and Cabeção (1930). After him are Arthur Melo (1996), Milton Viera (1946), Guy Ecker (1959), Fritz d'Orey (1938), Brandãozinho (1925), and Maurício Gugelmin (1963).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Castro Alves ranks 32. Before him are Olavo Bilac (1865), Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932), Manuel Bandeira (1886), João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920), João Ubaldo Ribeiro (1941), and Erico Verissimo (1905). After him are Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831), Álvares de Azevedo (1831), Casimiro de Abreu (1839), Gregório de Matos (1636), Júlia Lopes de Almeida (1862), and Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820).

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