José Bonifácio the Younger
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{{Infobox writer
| name = José Bonifácio the Younger
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| birth_name = José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
| birth_date = {{birth date|1827|11|8|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Bordeaux, France
| death_date = {{death date and age|1886|10|26|1827|11|8|mf=y}}
| death_place = São Paulo, Brazil
| occupation = Poet, politician, teacher
| nationality = Brazilian
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| alma_mater = University of São Paulo
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| subject = Mal du siècle, social engagement
| movement = Romanticism
| notableworks = Rosas e Goivos
| spouse = Adelaide Eugênia da Costa Aguiar de Andrada,
Rafaela de Souza Aguiar Gurgel
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| children = José Bonifácio, Martim Francisco, Narcisa, Maria Flora, Gabriela
| relatives = José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada
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José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (November 8, 1827 – October 26, 1886) was a French-born Brazilian poet, teacher and senator. He is known as "the Younger" ({{langx|pt|O Moço}}) to distinguish him from his grand-uncle, José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, "the Elder" or "the Patriarch", a famous statesman who was one of the most important mentors of Brazilian independence.
He is the patron of the 22nd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and of the 7th chair of the Paulista Academy of Letters.
Life
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva was born in 1827 at the French city of Bordeaux (because of the Andradas' exile), to Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada and Gabriela Frederica Ribeiro de Andrada. After moving to Brazil, more precisely to Rio de Janeiro, he ingressed in his secondary course at what is now the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras, but had to abandon his studies due to health problems. He graduated in Law in 1853, at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo, where he befriended Álvares de Azevedo, Aureliano Lessa and Bernardo Guimarães. He became a Law teacher at the Faculdade de Direito do Recife during 1854–1858, where he taught and heavily influenced Castro Alves, Salvador de Mendonça, Joaquim Nabuco, Afonso Pena and Rui Barbosa.
He became a provincial deputy in 1860, minister of the Brazilian Navy in 1862 and senator of the Empire of Brazil in 1864. Getting involved in abolitionist ideals, because of that he rejected the presidency of the Council of Ministers, offered to him by Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.
He was married to Adelaide Eugênia da Costa Aguiar de Andrada. When she died, he then married Rafaela de Souza Aguiar Gurgel do Amaral, having with her five children: José Bonifácio, Martim Francisco, Narcisa, Maria Flora and Gabriela.
He died in 1886.
Works
José Bonifácio's only work was the poetry book Rosas e Goivos (in {{langx|en|Roses and Cresses}}), published in 1848. Its poems oscillate between "Ultra-Romanticism" and "Condorism".
External links
- [http://www.academia.org.br/abl/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?infoid=897&sid=234 Extracts of poems by José Bonifácio at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters] {{in lang|pt}}
- [http://www.academia.org.br/abl/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?sid=234 José Bonifácio's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters] {{in lang|pt}}
- [http://www.carcasse.com/letras/autor.php?autor=12 Poems by José Bonifácio] {{in lang|pt}}
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Category:Expatriates in France
Category:Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Category:Brazilian abolitionists
Category:19th-century Brazilian poets
Category:University of São Paulo alumni
Category:Patrons of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
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Category:Members of the Senate of the Empire of Brazil