Castro Alves

Info

Role

Writer

Date of birth

03/13/1847

Date of death

07/05/1871

Place of birth

Muritiba, Bahia, Brazil

Castro Alves

Biography

Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves was a Brazilian poet and playwright, famous for his abolitionist and republican poems. One of the most famous poets of the "Condorism", he won the epithet of "O Poeta dos Escravos" ("The Poet of the Slaves"). He is the patron of the 7th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.