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Aluísio Azevedo, (1857-1913) in São Luís do Maranhão of northern Brazil, is known for his numerous literary works pertaining to the life, society, and culture of Brazil in his time. Perhaps his most accomplished work was The Slum, a detailed novel depicting life in Brazil in the late Nineteenth century. Though he gave up literature around 1897 when appointed into the Brazilian Academy of Letters and sold the rights of his works, his literary accomplishments continue to be prominent in Brazilian literature today.
Azevedo's other works/contributions include:
- novel Uma lágrima de mulher (A Woman's Tear), written in 1879
- edited the paper O Pensador (1880)
- founded another paper, Pacotilha
- published O Mulato, 1881
- published Condessa Vesper, Mistério de Tijuca, and presented the play Flor de Lis, 1882
- published Casa de pensão 1883
- published O cortiço (the Slum) in 1890
- published O livro de uma sogra (The book of a mother-in-law) in 1895
Source
The Slum by Aluisio Azevedo