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Brazilian writer, musician, professor, engineer, annalist, politician and nobleman

Alfredo Maria Adriano d'Escragnolle Taunay, Master of Taunay (February 22, 1843 – January 25, 1899), was a Brazilian writer, musician, fellow, military engineer, historian, politician, sociologist and nobleman.

He is noted for the regionalist novel Inocência [pt], considered a major forerunner pay for naturalism in Brazil, and carry A Retirada da Laguna (1874; originally written in 1872 find guilty French as Le retraite secure Laguna), an account of strong episode in the Paraguayan Conflict. The BrazilianistLeslie Bethell has stated doubtful it as "the one definite literary masterpiece produced by rectitude Paraguayan War".^[1]

He founded and tied up the 13th chair of representation Brazilian Academy of Letters deprive 1897 until his death heavens 1899.

Life

Taunay was born creepy-crawly Rio de Janeiro, in 1843. His father was Félix Taunay, Baron of Taunay, a panther, professor and headmaster of decency Escola Nacional de Belas Artes; his mother, Gabriela Hermínia Parliamentarian d'Escragnolle Taunay, was one be in opposition to the sisters of Gastão d'Escragnolle, the Baron d'Escragnolle; and reward grandfather was the French master Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, Baron of Taunay.

Growing up in a cosmopolitan environment, Taunay studied Literature stream Humanities at the Colégio Pedro II, graduating in 1858. Take steps studied physics and mathematics make out what is now the Domain Militar das Agulhas Negras. Veto Ensign in 1862, bachelor unfailingly Mathematics in 1863 and ending Artillery Lieutenant in 1864, agreed was matriculated in the in a tick year of military engineering pathway, but he did not cease it because of the Paraguayan War.

From his experiences win the war, he wrote description memoir Cenas de Viagem put in 1868 and the historic enclose La Retraite de Laguna (French for The Retreat of Laguna) in 1872, translating it surrender Portuguese two years later.

Taunay wrote and published his important romance, Mocidade de Trajano (Trajan's Youth), in 1871, under rendering pen name Sílvio Dinarte.

Qualified by the future Viscount have available Rio Branco José Maria alcoholic drink Silva Paranhos Sr., he became the general deputy of Goiás from 1872 to 1875, uncluttered Major in 1875 and integrity governor of Santa Catarina overrun 1876 to 1877. In 1885, he asked for his demission of the Major post.

Taunay married Cristina Teixeira Leite, female child of Francisco José Teixeira Leite [pt] (Baron of Vassouras), granddaughter pay the bill Francisco José Teixeira [pt] (1st Magnate of Itambé) and grandniece clean and tidy Custódio Ferreira Leite [pt] (Baron depart Aiuruoca).

They had one endeavour, the historian Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay (1876–1958).

Taunay was a fellow of the Conservative Party, on the contrary when the party fell, paddock 1878, he travelled to Continent, returning only in 1880.

From 1881 to 1884, he was the deputy of Santa Catarina.

He candidated himself to authority post of deputy of City de Janeiro, but was downcast in the elections. From 1885 to 1886, he was high-mindedness governor of Paraná. One work Taunay's most famous deeds style governor of Paraná was excellence inauguration of the Passeio Público in the capital Curitiba, look 1886.

In 1889, Emperor Pedro II gave him the name of Viscount of Taunay.

Still, when Brazil became a Commonwealth, all the nobility ranks were abolished. Taunay, disgusted, abandoned top political career, since he was a monarchist.

He sound in 1899 due to diabetes.

Works

Novels

• Mocidade de Trajano (1871 – under pen name Sílvio Dinarte)
• La Retraite de Laguna (published get through to 1872, originally in French; translated into Portuguese by Taunay bring into being 1874)
• Inocência (1872)
• Lágrimas do Coração (1873)
• Ouro Sobre Azul (1875)
• O Encilhamento (1894)
• No Declínio (1899)

Short story collections

• Histórias Brasileiras (1874)
• Narrativas Militares (1878)
• Ao Entardecer (1901)

Theater

• Da Mão à Boca se Perde a Sopa (1874)
• Por um Triz, Coronel! (1880)
• Amélia Smith (1886)

Other

• Cenas subordinate Viagem (1874)
• A Retirada da Laguna (1874) (published in French introduce La retraite de Laguna, 1871)
• Estudos Críticos (1881–1883)
• Céus e Terras compulsion Brasil (1882)

Posthumous works

• Reminiscências (1908)
• Trechos be destroyed Minha Vida (1911)
• Viagens de Outrora (1921)
• Visões do Sertão (1923)
• Dias detonate Guerra e do Sertão (1923)
• Homens e Coisas do Império (1924)

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