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Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria (1839–1908)
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (b. 21 June 1839; d. 29 September 1908), the greatest figure in Brazilian letters. Machado was a novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, playwright, and literary critic; fiction, however, gave him eminence in Brazilian literature.
A contemporary of the romantics, who to some extent influenced him in his formative years, Machado developed a highly personal style.
Machado was born in a slum of Rio de Janeiro, the son of a black house painter and a Portuguese woman from the Azores Islands.
At an early age, he became an orphan and began to earn his own living. He did not receive much formal education.
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He worked as a typesetter, proofreader, editor, and staff writer. In 1869 he married Carolina, the sister of his friend the Portuguese poet Faustino Xavier de Novais. At thirty-five he joined government service.
When still very young, Machado entered the field of letters, writing poetry, plays, opera l