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    Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo (September 7, 1872 – November 4, 1963) was a Brazilian poet, short story writer, diplomat and journalist. He founded and occupied...
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    Costa Magalhães (1859-1903) was a Brazilian journalist, novelist, poet, and a founding member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was born in Rio de Janeiro...
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    Academy of Letters. Domingos José Gonçalves de Magalhães was born in Rio de Janeiro, to Pedro Gonçalves de Magalhães Chaves. His mother's name is unknown. He...
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    Ensaios sobre Machado de Assis. Belo Horizonte: Paulo & Bruhm. Magalhães Jr, Raimundo (1981). Vida e Obra de Machado de Assis. Rio de Janeiro/Brasília: Civilização...
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    Kubitschek, at that time the chief doctor of the Blood Hospital (Hospital de Sangue). Later on, he became a civil servant through examination. In 1933...
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    criticized the homonymous poem by Gonçalves de Magalhães. Even the Brazilian Emperor Pedro II, who esteemed Magalhães very much, participated in this polemic...
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    Paulo Coelho (category Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    Paulo Coelho de Souza (/ˈkwɛl.juː, kuˈɛl.juː, -joʊ/ KWEL-yoo, koo-EL-yoo, -⁠yoh, Portuguese: [ˈpawlu kuˈeʎu]; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist...
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    Fernanda Montenegro (category Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    2016 Summer Olympics, Fernanda read the poem "A Flor e a Náusea" by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, dubbed in English by Judi Dench. On 4 November 2021 she was...
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    November 4 – Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo, poet and writer (b. 1872) 1963 in Brazilian football 1963 in Brazilian television "18 milhões de brasileiros...
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    Scottish singer (d. 1999); in Greenock, Renfrewshire Died: Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo, 91, Brazilian poet, short story writer, diplomat and journalist...
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    Euclides da Cunha (category People from Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro)
    The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides Da Cunha, Carlos Scharff, a successful rubber baron on the Purus River, was "the model for...
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    on Aquino Correia in 1919. In 1921, with the death of Archbishop Dom Carlos Luís de Amour, he was elevated to the Archbishopric of Cuiabá, receiving the...
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    in São Luís, to David Gonçalves de Azevedo (the Portuguese vice-consul in Brazil) and Emília Amália Pinto de Magalhães. He was the younger brother of the...
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    Manuel Carneiro de Sousa Bandeira Filho (April 19, 1886 – October 13, 1968) was a Brazilian poet, literary critic, and translator, who wrote over 20 books...
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    1919, in succession to Olavo Bilac, and received by academic Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo on November 14, 1919. Elia, Silvio (1994). "Amadeu Amaral". Revista...
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    Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Melo (pronounced [fɾɐ̃ˈsisku dʒi aˈsis ʃɐtobɾiˈɐ̃ bɐ̃ˈdejɾɐ dʒi ˈmɛlu]), also nicknamed Chatô (October 4,...
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    Getúlio Vargas (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    brother Viriato, with the aid of his brother Protasio, shot fellow cadet Carlos Prado to death. Like his father, Vargas embarked on a military career. He...
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    Alberto Santos-Dumont (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    of two to three metres with the fixed-wing 14-bis (also dubbed the Oiseau de proie—"bird of prey") at the Bagatelle Gamefield in Paris, taking off unassisted...
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    Durand, Fabien (October 13, 2005). "Cérémonie de remise des insignes de Grand Officier dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur à Gilberto Gil". Culture...
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    year. He went to Rio de Janeiro, living there until 1854. There he wrote for newspapers, and began to write the drama Leonor de Mendonça in 1846 and his...
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    from the original on 12 October 2009, retrieved 23 October 2009. Cardim, Carlos Henrique (2007) A raiz das coisas. Rui Barbosa: o Brasil no Mundo (The root...
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    Brazilian Academy of Letters, succeeding Filinto de Almeida. He was received by academic José Carlos de Macedo Soares in October 1946. He died in the main...
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    Fernando Magalhães (February 18, 1878 – January 10, 1944) was a Brazilian obstetrician who was twice President of the Academia Brasileira de Letras. v...
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    Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (September 12, 1831 – April 25, 1852), affectionately called "Maneco" by his close friends, relatives and admirers, was...
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    Olavo Bilac (category Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    miniseries Chiquinha Gonzaga, and gives his name to a character portrayed by Carlos Alberto Riccelli in the 2006 film Brasília 18%, directed by Nelson Pereira...
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    José Sarney de Araújo Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ saʁˈnej dʒi aɾaˈuʒu ˈkɔstɐ]; born José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa; 24 April 1930) is...
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    born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1843. His father was Félix Taunay, Baron of Taunay, a painter, professor and headmaster of the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes;...
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    Aurélio de Lira Tavares (7 November 1905m João Pessoa–18 November 1998) was a general in the Brazilian Army. He was one of the military in the joint military...
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    University, with the thesis Tratado de Direito Natural, heavily influenced by Enlightenment ideals. Gonzaga became the juiz de fora of the city of Beja in 1778...
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    headed by three consecutive dictators: José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1813–40), Carlos Antonio López (1840–62) and Francisco Solano López (1862–69)...
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