Manuel Antônio de Almeida
{{short description|Brazilian novelist, physician, teacher and literary critic}}
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| pseudonym = Um Brasileiro
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1831|11|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
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| death_place = Near Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
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| notableworks = Memoirs of a Police Sergeant
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Manuel Antônio de Almeida (November 17, 1831 – November 28, 1861) was a Brazilian satirical writer, medician and teacher. He is famous for the book Memoirs of a Police Sergeant, written under the pen name Um Brasileiro ({{langx|en|A Brazilian}}). He is the patron of the 28th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-04 |title=Manuel Antônio de Almeida |url=https://www.academia.org.br/academicos/manuel-antonio-de-almeida |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Academia Brasileira de Letras |language=pt-br}}
Biography
Almeida was born in Rio de Janeiro, to lieutenant Antônio de Almeida and Josefina Maria de Almeida. Few things are known about his years of primary studies — although he entered at the Medicine course in 1849, graduating in 1855. Financial difficulties inspired him to dedicate himself to literature and journalism. His magnum opus, Memoirs of a Police Sergeant (or, in Portuguese, Memórias de um Sargento de Milícias), was initially published in feuilleton form during the years 1852-1853, in the journal Correio Mercantil.
In 1858, he became the administrator of Tipografia Nacional, where he met Machado de Assis. Trying to enter in the political career, he would go to the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, embarking in the ship Hermes, in order to start his political research. However, the ship wrecked off near the shores of Macaé, and he died in the disaster.
Works
- Memoirs of a Police Sergeant (1852)
- Dois Amores (theater play — 1861)
References
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External links
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- [http://www.academia.org.br/abl/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?sid=274 Almeida's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters] {{in lang|pt}}
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Category:Brazilian medical writers
Category:Brazilian male writers
Category:Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Category:Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Category:19th-century Brazilian writers
Category:Portuguese-language writers
Category:Patrons of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Category:Deaths due to shipwreck at sea
Category:Accidental deaths in Brazil
Category:19th-century Brazilian physicians
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