Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (September 12, 1831 – April 25, 1852), affectionately called "Maneco" by his close friends, relatives and admirers, was a Brazilian Romantic poet, short story writer, playwright and essayist, considered to be one of the major exponents of Ultra-Romanticism and Gothic literature in Brazil. His works tend to play heavily with opposite notions, such as love and death, platonism and sarcasm, sentimentalism and pessimism, among others, and have a strong influence of Musset, Chateaubriand, Lamartine, Goethe and – above all – Byron.
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Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo 12 September 1831 Sao Paulo City, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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25 April 1852 (aged 20) Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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