WRITER

Machado de Assis

1839 - 1908

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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (Portuguese: [ʒwɐˈkĩ maˈɾiɐ maˈʃadu d͡ʒ(i) aˈsis]), often known by his surnames as Machado de Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho (21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908), was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature. In 1897, he founded and became the first President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was multilingual, having taught himself French, English, German and Greek later in life. Born in Morro do Livramento, Rio de Janeiro, from a poor family, he was the grandson of freed slaves in a country where slavery would not be fully abolished until 49 years later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Machado de Assis is the 1,408th most popular writer (down from 1,007th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Brazilian Writer.

Machado de Assis is most famous for his novel, "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Machado de Assis ranks 1,408 out of 7,302. Before him are Ko Un, Rosika Schwimmer, James Baldwin, Cees Nooteboom, Roland Topor, and Hartmann Schedel. After him are Sergey Mikhalkov, Ihara Saikaku, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Jean-Jacques Ampère, and John Berger.

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Among people born in 1839, Machado de Assis ranks 20. Before him are Emil Škoda, Frances Willard, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Princess Cecilie of Baden, Nikolay Bobrikov, and Josef Rheinberger. After him are Ali Rıza Efendi, Konstantin Makovsky, Floriano Peixoto, August Kundt, Yoshitoshi, and Karl Alfred von Zittel. Among people deceased in 1908, Machado de Assis ranks 21. Before him are Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Radoje Domanović, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Mikhail Chigorin, Wilhelm Busch, and Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Pat Garrett, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, John of Kronstadt, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, and Joseph Freinademetz.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Machado de Assis ranks 105 out of 2,236. Before him are Chico Mendes (1944), Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928), Pepe (1935), Deco (1977), Princess Francisca of Brazil (1824), and Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior (1943). After him are Sérgio Mendes (1941), Cláudio Taffarel (1966), Fernando Collor de Mello (1949), Leonardo Araújo (1969), Amarildo Tavares da Silveira (1939), and Artur da Costa e Silva (1899).

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Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Machado de Assis ranks 5. Before him are Paulo Coelho (1947), Jorge Amado (1912), Vinicius de Moraes (1913), and Reinaldo Arenas (1943). After him are Osvaldo Moles (1913), Chico Xavier (1910), Mário de Andrade (1893), Augusto Boal (1931), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Carlos Marighella (1911), and Bernardo Guimarães (1825).

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