Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay

Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay
1843 - 1899
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Brazilian Writer Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay was born Alfredo Maria Adriano d'Escragnolle Taunay on 22nd February, 1843 in Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and passed away on 25th Jan 1899 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil aged 55. He is most remembered for Inocência (1872, novel) - Lágrimas do Coração...(1873) - Histórias Brasileiras (1874) - Ouro sobre Azul (1875) - Narrativas Militares (1872) - Estudos Críticos (1881-83, 2 vols.) - Amélia Smith (1886) - No Declínio (1889) - Ao Entardecer (1901) -.... His zodiac sign is Pisces.

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First Name Alfredo
Middle Name D'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount Of
Last Name Taunay
Full Name at Birth Alfredo Maria Adriano d'Escragnolle Taunay
Alternative Name Visconde de Taunay
Birthday 22nd February, 1843
Birthplace Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died 25th January, 1899
Place of Death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cause of Death Diabetes (complications from)
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Nationality Brazilian
Occupation Text Writer, musician, professor, military engineer, historian, politician, sociologist
Occupation Writer
Claim to Fame Inocência (1872, novel) - Lágrimas do Coração ...(1873) - Histórias Brasileiras (1874) - Ouro sobre Azul (1875) - Narrativas Militares (1872) - Estudos Críticos (1881-83, 2 vols.) - Amélia Smith (1886) - No Declínio (1889) - Ao Entardecer (1901) - ...

Alfredo Maria Adriano d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay (February 22, 1843 – January 25, 1899), was a French Brazilian writer, musician, professor, military engineer, historian, politician, sociologist and nobleman. He is famous for the Regionalist novel Inocência, considered a major forerunner of Naturalism in Brazil, and for A Retirada da Laguna (1874; originally written in 1872 in French as Le retraite de Laguna), an account of an episode in the war against Paraguay. The Brazilianist Leslie Bethell has described it as "the one undoubted literary masterpiece produced by the Paraguayan War".

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