Machado de Assis

GPTKB entity

Statements (78)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Spanish_literature
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:poet
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Modernism
Literary realism
19th century literature
Brazilian literature
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Red_Cross
gptkb:Brazilian_Academy_of_Letters
gptkb:Order_of_the_Rose
gptkbp:birth_date 1839-06-21
June 21, 1839
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Rio_de_Janeiro
gptkbp:born June 21, 1839
gptkbp:child gptkb:Eugênio_de_Assis
gptkb:João_de_Assis
gptkb:Eurico_de_Assis
Maria de Assis
gptkbp:death_date 1908-09-29
September 29, 1908
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Rio_de_Janeiro
gptkbp:died September 29, 1908
gptkbp:education gptkb:Colégio_Pedro_II
gptkbp:ethnicity Mixed-race
mixed-race
gptkbp:famous_quote “ I am a man of letters, and I have a duty to my country.”
“ Life is a dream, and dreams are dreams.”
“ The greatest of all evils is to be born.”
“ The truth is that I am a man of letters.”
“ To be a writer is to be a magician.”
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Academia_Brasileira_de_Letras
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Machado de Assis
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Jorge_Amado
gptkb:Carlos_Drummond_de_Andrade
gptkb:Clarice_Lispector
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Flaubert
gptkb:Realism
gptkb:Victor_Hugo
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:Romanticism
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:translator
Editing
Literary criticism
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:satire
gptkb:character_development
narrative style
social criticism
irony
psychological insight
Pioneering Brazilian literature
gptkbp:language gptkb:Portuguese
gptkbp:literary_movement gptkb:Realism
gptkb:Romanticism
Naturalism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Brazilian
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Dom_Casmurro
gptkb:Memórias_Póstumas_de_Brás_Cubas
gptkb:A_Moreninha
gptkb:Quincas_Borba
O Guarani
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:playwright
gptkb:poet
gptkb:Novelist
gptkb:literary_criticism
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Rio_de_Janeiro
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Rio_de_Janeiro
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition Cultural icon in Brazil
Statues and memorials in Brazil
Influence on modern Brazilian literature
Subject of numerous studies and biographies
Considered one of the greatest writers in the Portuguese language
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Carolina_Augusta_Xavier_de_Novais
gptkbp:style Irony
Psychological realism
Social critique
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Roman_Republic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3