Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior (Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, 17 February, 1845 - Lisbon

Lisbon

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, 20 May 1898) was a Brazilian diplomat, poet, novelist and dramaturgist.

He was bachelor in the Faculdade de Direito do Recife

Faculdade de Direito do Recife

The Faculty of Law of Recife, now called Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Pernambuco , is a law school in the city of Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil.-History:It is one of the first superior education centres created in Brazil; it was created...

 in 1869, in the same class of the writer Araripe Júnior. His works switched from Romanticism

Romanticism

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 to Parnasianism.

As a diplomat, he lived in Santiago de Chile, Roma

Rome

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 and Lisbon

Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

, where he finally stayed and he met intellectuals such as Eça de Queiroz, Ramalho Ortigão

Ramalho Ortigão

José Duarte Ramalho Ortigão was a Portuguese writer of the late 19th century and early 20th century. He spent his early years with his maternal grandmother in Oporto....

, Guerra Junqueiro

Guerra Junqueiro

Abilio Manuel Guerra Junqueiro was a Portuguese, bachelor in law at the University of Coimbra, a top civil servant, member of the Portuguese House of Representatives, journalist, author, and poet. His work helped inspire the creation of the Portuguese First Republic...

 or Fialho de Almeida. He was a member and one of the founders of Academia Brasileira de Letras

Academia Brasileira de Letras

Academia Brasileira de Letras is a Brazilian literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century by a group of 40 writers and poets inspired by the Académie Française. The first president, Machado de Assis, declared its foundation on December 15, 1896, with the statutes being...

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Works

• Lírio branco, novel (1862);
• Uma cena contemporânea, theatre (1862);
• Corimbos, poesia (1866);
• A família agulha, novel (1870);
• Noturnos, poetry (1872);
• Filigranas, fiction (1872);
• Sonetos e rimas, poetry (1880);
• As quedas fatais, theatre;
• André Vidal, theatre;
• As jóias indiscretas, theatre;
• Um pequeno demônio, theatre;
• O caminho mais curto, theatre;
• Os amores que passam, theatre;
• Valentina, theatre;
• A alma do outro mundo, theatre (1913).