Biography

Founder and first president of Academia Brasileira de Letras. At 16 he published his first poem, "Ela", in "Marmota Fluminense" magazine. In 1858, he started to write for newspapers.

His novels can be divided in Romantic and Realistic periods.

In the Romantic period, he wrote: "Ressurreição" (1872), "A Mão e a Luva" (1874), "Helena" (1876) and "Iaiá Garcia" (1878).

The following are the works from the Realistic and considered his best period: "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" (1881), "Quincas Borba" (1892), "Dom Casmurro" (1900) and "Memorial de Aires" (1908).

Among his other works are poems, short stories, plays and theater and literature essays.
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Machado de Assis is considered one of the greatest writers in Portuguese language of all time.

Despite being considered one of the greatest Brazilian writers of all time, he never graduated from college and barely finished his high school education. The interest for books and his several years working in public services was the factor that fueled his career.

Born with freed slaves as ancestors, his portrait was recently changed to reflect this African heritage.

Suffered from epilepsy ever since childhood.