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Alceu Amoroso Lima

Brazilian essayist, philosopher, and literary critic
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Pseudonym:
Tristão de Athayde
Born:
Dec. 11, 1893, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died:
Aug. 15, 1983, Rio de Janeiro (aged 89)
Movement / Style:
Art Nouveau
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Alceu Amoroso Lima (born Dec. 11, 1893, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—died Aug. 15, 1983, Rio de Janeiro) was an essayist, philosopher, and literary critic, a leading champion of the cause of intellectual freedom in Brazil. He was also an enthusiastic supporter of Modernismo, a Brazilian cultural movement of the 1920s, and, after his conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1928, a leader in the Neo-Catholic intellectual movement. Amoroso Lima’s multifaceted career included positions as professor of sociology, law, and literature, university president, literary critic for the Jornal do Brasil and numerous other periodicals, and director of the Cultural Division of the ...(100 of 211 words)

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