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Floriano Alves da Costa
b. 1825
A 19th-century Brazilian writer from Rio de Janeiro, he moved between literature and public life as a poet, playwright, journalist, and businessman. His best-known surviving work, O passeio dos bardos ao Baldeador, turns a countryside outing into a lyrical celebration of friendship and nature.
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O passeio dos bardos ao Baldeador
by Floriano Alves da Costa
About the author
Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1825, Floriano Alves da Costa is listed by the Digital Library of Literature from Lusophone Countries as a Brazilian man of letters who was also active as a businessman, journalist, dramatist, and poet.
The work most readily associated with him today is O passeio dos bardos ao Baldeador, published in 1848. Project Gutenberg describes it as a poetic narrative set around Rio de Janeiro, following a small group of friends on an excursion that reflects on companionship, rural calm, and the beauty of the natural world.
Little biographical detail seems easy to confirm from widely available online sources, so his profile survives mainly through bibliographic records and this preserved work. Even so, that small record suggests a versatile literary figure whose writing belonged to the rich cultural life of 19th-century Brazil.