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Academia Brasileira De Letras

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Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Academia Brasileira De Letras
Phone:
+55 21 3974-2500

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday9am - 6pm
Tuesday9am - 6pm
Wednesday9am - 6pm
Thursday9am - 6pm
Friday9am - 6pm
SaturdayClosed


Academia Brasileira de Letras is a Brazilian literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century by a group of 40 writers and poets inspired by the Académie Française. The first president, Machado de Assis, declared its foundation on December 15, 1896, with the by-laws being passed on January 28, 1897. On July 20 of the same year, the academy entered into operation. The Brazilian Academy of Letters is, according to its statutes, charged with the care of the national language of Brazil and with the promotion of Brazilian literary arts. The academy is considered the foremost institution devoted to the Portuguese language in Brazil. Although it is not a state institution and no law grants to it oversight over the language, by its prestige and technical qualification it is the paramount authority on Brazilian Portuguese. The academy's main publication in this field is the Orthographic Vocabulary of the Portuguese Language of which there were five editions. The Vocabulary is prepared by the academy's Commission on Lexicology and Lexicography. If a word is not included in the Vocabulary, it is considered not to exist as a correct word in Brazilian Portuguese. The academy is composed to this day of 40 members, known as immortals, chosen from among the citizens of Brazil, who have published recognized works or books of literary value. The position of immortal is awarded for the recipient's lifetime. New members are admitted by a vote of the academy members when one of the chairs become vacant. The chairs are numbered and each has a Patron: the Patrons are 40 great Brazilian writers that were already dead when the academy was founded; the names of the Patrons were chosen by the Founders and they were honored post mortem by each being assigned patronage over a chair. Thus, each of the 40 chairs is associated with its current holder, with the predecessors of the current holder who occupied it before him, and, in particular, with the Founder who occupied it first, but also with the seat's Patron. The academicians use formal gala gilded uniforms with a sword when participating in official meetings of the academy.
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