Academia Brasileira de Letras, or Brazilian Academy of Letters is a brazilian literary society established at the end of the 19th century by a group of writers and was inspired by the Académie française. The first president, Machado de Assis, declared its foundation on the 15th of December, 1896, but the statutes were only passed on the 28th of January, 1897 and on the 20th of July of the same year the Academy was established. The Brazilian Academy of Letters is, according to its statutes, the authority on the "national language" of Brazil. It is composed of 40 members, known as "immortals", chosen among citizens of Brazil who have published recognized works or books of literary value. The position of "immortal" is awarded for lifetime.
Presidents of the ABL
- Machado de Assis 1897-1908
- Rui Barbosa 1908-1919
- Domício da Gama 1919-1919
- Carlos de Laet 1919-1922
- Afrânio Peixoto 1922-1923
- Medeiros e Albuquerque 1923-1923
- Afrânio Peixoto 1923-1924
- Afonso Celso 1925-1925
- Coelho Neto 1926-1926
- Rodrigo Otávio 1927-1927
- Augusto de Lima 1928-1928
- Fernando Magalhães 1929-1929
- Aloisio de Castro 1930-1930
- Fernando Magalhães 1931-1932
- Gustavo Barroso 1932-1933
- Ramiz Galvão 1933-1934
- Afonso Celso 1935-1935
- Laudelino Freire 1936-1936
- Ataulfo de Paiva 1937-1937
- Cláudio de Souza 1938-1938
- Antônio Austregésilo 1939-1939
- Celso Vieira 1940-1940
- Levi Carneiro 1941-1941
- Macedo Sorares 1942-1943
- Múcio Leão 1944-1944
- Pedro Calmon 1945-1945
- Cláudio de Sousa 1946-1946
- João Neves da Fontoura 1947-1947
- Adelmar Tavares 1948-1948
- Miguel Osório de Almeida 1949-1949
- Gustavo Barroso 1950-1950
- Aloisio de Castro 1951-1951
- Aníbal Freire da Fonseca 1952-1952
- Barbosa Lima Sobrinho 1953-1954
- Rodrigo Otávio Filho 1955-1955
- Peregrino Júnior 1956-1957
- Elmano Cardim 1958-1958
- Austregésilo de Athayde 1959-1993
- Abgar Renault 1993-1993
- Josué Montello 1993-1995
- Antônio Houaiss 1995-1996
- Nélida Piñon 1996-1997
- Arnaldo Niskier 1997-1999
- Tarcísio Padilha 2000-2002
- Alberto da Costa e Silva 2002-2004
- Ivan Junqueira 2004-
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Current members
The members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (June of 2004):
- Ana Maria Machado
- Tarcísio Padilha
- Carlos Heitor Cony
- Carlos Nejar
- José Murilo de Carvalho
- Cícero Sandroni
- Sergio Corrêa da Costa
- Antonio Olinto
- Alberto da Costa e Silva
- Lêdo Ivo
- Celso Furtado
- Alfredo Bosi
- Sergio Paulo Rouanet
- Miguel Reale
- Padre Fernando Bastos de Ávila
- Lygia Fagundes Telles
- Affonso Arinos de M. Franco
- Arnaldo Niskier
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- Murilo Melo Filho
- Paulo Coelho
- Ivo Pitanguy
- Zélia Gattai
- Sábato Magaldi
- Alberto Venancio Filho
- Marcos Vinicios Rodrigues Vilaça
- Eduardo Portella
- Oscar Dias Corrêa
- Josué Montello
- Nélida Piñon
- Moacyr Scliar
- Ariano Suassuna
- Evanildo Bechara
- João Ubaldo Ribeiro
- Candido Antonio Mendes de Almeida
- João de Scantimburgo
- Ivan Junqueira
- José Sarney
- Marco Maciel
- Evaristo de Moraes Filho
Gallery of the Immortals
See Also
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