Graça Aranha
Graça Aranha | |
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| Born | José Pereira da Graça Aranha 21 June 1868 São Luís, Maranhão, Empire of Brazil |
| Died | 26 January 1931 (aged 62) Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil |
| Occupation | novelist, diplomat |
| Alma mater | Recife Law School |
| Literary movement | Modernism |
| Notable works | Canaã |
José Pereira da Graça Aranha (June 21, 1868 – January 26, 1931) was a Brazilian writer and diplomat, considered to be a forerunner of the Modernism in Brazil. He was also one of the organizers of the Brazilian Modern Art Week of 1922.
He founded and occupied the 38th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1931. However, he would break all his relations with the Academy in 1924, accusing it of being "old-fashioned".