author
J. M. Pereira da (João Manuel Pereira) Silva
1817–1898
A prolific Brazilian man of letters, he moved easily between fiction, history, criticism, journalism, and politics. His work helped shape 19th-century literary life in Brazil, and he later became recognized as the founder of Chair 34 at the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
2 Audiobooks
Christovam Colombo e o descobrimento da America
by J. M. Pereira da (João Manuel Pereira) Silva
Manuel de Moraes: Chronica do Seculo XVII
by J. M. Pereira da (João Manuel Pereira) Silva
About the author
Born in Iguaçu, in Rio de Janeiro province, in 1817, João Manuel Pereira da Silva became known as one of Brazil’s busiest and most wide-ranging 19th-century writers. Sources describe him not only as a novelist and historian, but also as a critic, biographer, poet, translator, journalist, lawyer, and politician.
He published extensively and left behind a large body of literary and political writing. His career reached across public life and literature, which helps explain why he appears in so many different corners of Brazilian cultural history.
He died in Paris in 1898. Today he is remembered both for the breadth of his writing and for his place in the early history of the Academia Brasileira de Letras, where he is listed as the founder of Chair 34.