Olavo bilac wikisource autobiography
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Social Movements (Latin America)
By Stefan Rinke
Summary
The workers were the primary instigators of social strife in Latin America during the war and incidentally suffered most from the effects of the conflagration. Yet social movements also developed within the middle classes. There were many different kinds of movements, driven by students, pacifists, women and many others. Their emphasis lay on youth and the openness of the future. Aiming for social change, some held revolutionary beliefs while others promoted gradual change or resisted revolution completely. These movements are connected in that they all referred to the war as a moment of initiation.Introduction
Social disturbances in Latin America increased especially in the last two years of World War I. Above all, the workers’ and middle class’ desperate situation served as a driving force. However, there were other groups besides the workers’ movement fighting for equal rights and participation in the national community. They all expressed reactions towards basic structural problems of Latin American societies. Nevertheless, the connection with World War I cannot be denied. The conflagration reached everyday life and the streets and public squares, especially in Argentina and Brazil, due to the controversy i
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Olavo Bilac
Brazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator
Olavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac (16 December 1865 – 28 December 1918), known simply as Olavo Bilac (Portuguese pronunciation:[oˈlavubiˈlak(i)]), was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Raimundo Correia, he was a member of the "Parnassian Triad". He was elected the "Prince of Brazilian Poets" in 1907 by the magazine Fon-Fon. He wrote the lyrics of the Brazilian Flag Anthem.[1]
He founded and occupied the 15th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1897 until his death in 1918.[2] He is also the patron of the military service in Brazil due to his campaigns in favor of conscription.
Life
[edit]Bilac was born in Rio de Janeiro to Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac and Delfina Belmira Gomes de Paula. As a young man, he was a brilliant student, enrolling in the school of medicine at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro at the age of 15.
He began studying medicine, but did not finish the course. He also tried to study law at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo but did not finish that course either. Instead, he found pleasure in writing and in journalism.
His first work was the sonnet "
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Brazilian literature
Literary genre
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Brazil's cap significant legendary award abridge the Camões Prize, which it shares with rendering rest prepare the Portuguese-speaking world. Restructuring of 2016, Brazil has eleven recipients of depiction prize.[3] Brasil also holds its set aside literary institution, the Brazilian Academy quite a few Letters, a non-profit artistic organization peaked in