Manuel José de Araújo Porto-alegre (Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; November 2, 1806 – Lisboa, Portugal; December 29, 1879), baron of Santo Ângelo, was a Brazilian poet and playwright, forerunner of Brazilian romanticism, as well as a painter, architect, urban planner, journalist, cartoonist, art critic and historian, faculty professor, and diplomat. He is patron of the Chair Number 32 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Academia Brasileir...
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Manuel José de Araújo Porto-alegre (Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; November 2, 1806 – Lisboa, Portugal; December 29, 1879), baron of Santo Ângelo, was a Brazilian poet and playwright, forerunner of Brazilian romanticism, as well as a painter, architect, urban planner, journalist, cartoonist, art critic and historian, faculty professor, and diplomat. He is patron of the Chair Number 32 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Academia Brasileira de Letras).
His real name was Manuel José de Araújo, modified to Pitangueira, pen name adopted by nativist spirit during the Brazilian Independence, and finally, arriving at the definitive form, Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre; yet being wrong the name Porto-Alegre or Porto Alegre, it has been used by some biographers.
Manuel José de Araújo was born on November 2, 1806, in the small village of José de Rio Pardo, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, to Francisco José de Araújo and Francisca Antônia Viana. At age 5, he became fatherless,...
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