João Franklin da Silveira Távora (January 13, 1842 – August 18, 1888) was a Brazilian novelist, journalist, politician, lawyer and dramatist, famous for his Regionalist romance O Cabeleira, set in 18th-century Pernambuco. He wrote under the pen names Semprônio and Farisvest.
Franklin Távora | |
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Born | João Franklin da Silveira Távora (1842-01-13)13 January 1842 Baturité, Ceará, Brazil |
Died | 18 August 1888(1888-08-18) (aged 46) Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Pen name | Semprônio |
Occupation | Lawyer, journalist, novelist, politician, dramatist |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Alma mater | Faculdade de Direito de Recife |
Period | 1861–1879 |
Literary movement | Romanticism |
Notable works | O Cabeleira |
He is patron of the 14th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
João Franklin da Silveira Távora was born in the city of Baturité, Ceará, to Camilo Henrique da Silveira Távora and Maria de Santana da Silveira. He made his primary studies in Fortaleza. He moved with his parents to Pernambuco in 1854, ingressing at Law course in Recife, graduating in 1863. In 1874, he moves to Rio de Janeiro, writing for journals A Consciência Livre and A Verdade.
Along with Nicolau Midosi, he founded the Revista Brasileira, which lasted from 1879 to 1881. He polemized with José de Alencar's idealist Romanticism. He also founded the Associação dos Homens de Letras and was a member of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute.
He died on August 18, 1888.
Preceded by New creation |
Brazilian Academy of Letters - Patron of the 14th chair |
Succeeded by Clóvis Beviláqua (founder) |
Patrons and members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters | ||
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Chairs 1 to 10 | 1 (Adelino Fontoura): Luís Murat ►
Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay ►
Ivan Monteiro de Barros Lins ►
Bernardo Élis ►
Evandro Lins e Silva ►
Ana Maria Machado | |
Chairs 11 to 20 | 11 (Fagundes Varela): Lúcio de Mendonça ►
Pedro Augusto Carneiro Lessa ►
Eduardo Ramos ►
João Luís Alves ►
Adelmar Tavares ►
Deolindo Couto ►
Darcy Ribeiro ►
Celso Furtado ►
Hélio Jaguaribe ►
Ignácio de Loyola Brandão | |
Chairs 21 to 30 | 21 (Joaquim Serra): José do Patrocínio ►
Mário de Alencar ►
Olegário Mariano ►
Álvaro Moreira ►
Adonias Filho ►
Dias Gomes ►
Roberto Campos ►
Paulo Coelho | |
Chairs 31 to 40 | 31 (Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa): Luís Caetano Pereira Guimarães Júnior ►
João Batista Ribeiro de Andrade Fernandes ►
Paulo Setúbal ►
Cassiano Ricardo ►
José Cândido de Carvalho ►
Geraldo França de Lima ►
Moacyr Scliar ►
Merval Pereira |
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