Dias, Antônio Gonçalves

Dias, Antônio Gonçalves əntô´nyo͝o go͝onsäl´vəs dē´əs [key], 1823–64, Brazilian poet and dramatist. A leading writer of the romantic school, he is noted for his strong nativist feeling and his glorification of the indigenous people of Brazil. His nostalgic poemCanção in exíliomight be called the Brazilian national poem. His volumes of poetry includePrimeiros cantos(1846),Segundos cantos(1846),Ultimos cantos(1851), andOs Timbiras(1857). Gonçalves Dias wrote several plays and a dictionary of the Tupi language (1858). He was drowned in a shipwreck.

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