Gonçalves de Magalhães, Viscount of Araguaia

Gonçalves de Magalhães
A drawing of Gonçalves de Magalhães
Born	Domingos José Gonçalves de Magalhães 13 August 1811(1811-08-13) Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	10 July 1882(1882-07-10) (aged 70) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Poet, playwright, medician, diplomat
Nationality	Brazilian
Ethnicity	White
Period	1836 — 1880
Literary movement	Romanticism
Notable work(s)	A Confederação dos Tamoios, Suspiros Poéticos e Saudades, António José, ou O Poeta e a Inquisição
Children	Antônio José Gonçalves de Magalhães de Araguaia
Influences François-René de Chateaubriand, Alphonse de Lamartine, Basílio da Gama
Influenced Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre

Domingos José Gonçalves de Magalhães, Viscount of Araguaia (August 13, 1811 — July 10, 1882) was a Brazilian poet, playwright, medician and diplomat. He introduced the Romanticism in the Brazilian literature and was a pioneer of the Brazilian theatre.

He is the patron of the 9th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

Biography

Domingos José Gonçalves de Magalhães was born in Rio de Janeiro, to Pedro Gonçalves de Magalhães Chaves. His mother's name is unknown. He entered in a Medicine course in 1828, graduating in 1832. In the following year, he travelled to Europe, where he met and befriended Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre and was exposed to the Romantic ideals. He published in 1836 a Romantic manifesto, Discurso Sobre a História da Literatura no Brasil and, in the same year, he published the poetry book Suspiros Poéticos e Saudades, the first Romantic work to be written by a Brazilian.

Returning to Brazil in 1837, he wrote two tragic plays: António José, ou O Poeta e a Inquisição in 1838 and Olgiato in 1839. Also in 1838, he becomes Philosophy teacher in the Colégio Pedro II. He also founded with Porto-alegre and Francisco de Sales Torres Homem the short-lived magazine Niterói, that only lasted two issues.

He entered the diplomatic career in 1847, becoming minister in the United States, Argentina, Austria and in the Holy See. He was also a chargé d'affaires in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, in the Piedmont, in Russia and in Spain. Very esteemed by Emperor Pedro II, he was decorated with the Order of the Rose, the Order of Christ and the Order of the Southern Cross, and with the title of Baron of Araguaia in 1872, being elevated to Viscount two years later.

Magalhães had a son, Antônio José Gonçalves de Magalhães de Araguaia (born circa 1858), who was proclaimed Count of Araguaia by the Holy See.

Gonçalves de Magalhães died in Rome, on July 10, 1882.

From left to right: Gonçalves Dias, Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre and Magalhães, on a picture dating from circa 1858

Works

• Discurso Sobre a História da Literatura no Brasil (1836)
• Suspiros Poéticos e Saudades (1836)
• António José, ou O Poeta e a Inquisição (1838)
• Olgiato (1839)
• A Confederação dos Tamoios (1856)
• Os Mistérios (1857)
• Urânia (1862)
• Cânticos Fúnebres (1864)
• Fatos do Espírito Humano (1865)
• A Alma e o Cérebro (1876)
• Comentários e Pensamentos (1880)

External links

• Magalhães' biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Portuguese)

Preceded by New creation	Baron of Araguaia 1872 — 1874	Succeeded by None (title abolished)
Preceded by New creation	Viscount of Araguaia 1874 — 1882	Succeeded by None

Preceded by New creation

Brazilian Academy of Letters - Patron of the 9th chair

Succeeded by Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo (founder)

Persondata
Name	Magalhães, Domingos José Gonçalves de
Alternative names
Short description	Brazilian poet, playwright, medician and diplomat
Date of birth	August 13, 1811
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death	July 10, 1882
Place of death	Rome, Italy