José de Alencar

José de Alencar was born on May 1, 1829 in Messejana, Ceará, Brazil. He was a writer, known for O Guarani (1916), Lucíola (1916) and Iracema (1949). He was previously married to Georgina Augusta Cochrane. He died on December 12, 1877 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.