Mário de Alencar

Mário de Alencar
BornMário Cochrane de Alencar
(1872-01-30)30 January 1872
Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died8 December 1925(1925-12-08) (aged 53)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pen nameJohn Alone
OccupationPoet, short story writer, journalist, novelist, lawyer
Alma materUniversity of São Paulo
RelativesJosé de Alencar, José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar, Leonel Martiniano de Alencar

Mário Cochrane de Alencar (30 January 1872 – 8 December 1925) was a Brazilian poet, short story writer, journalist, lawyer and novelist. He was one of the children of famous novelist José de Alencar.

He occupied the 21st chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1905 until his death in 1925.