Franklin Távora

João Franklin da Silveira Távora (January 13, 1842 – August 18, 1888) was a Brazilian novelist, journalist, politician, lawyer and dramatist, famous for his Regionalist romance O Cabeleira, set in 18th-century Pernambuco. He wrote under the pen names Semprônio and Farisvest.

Franklin Távora
BornJoão Franklin da Silveira Távora
(1842-01-13)13 January 1842
Baturité, Ceará, Brazil
Died18 August 1888(1888-08-18) (aged 46)
Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pen nameSemprônio
OccupationLawyer, journalist, novelist, politician, dramatist
Nationality Brazilian
Alma materFaculdade de Direito de Recife
Period1861–1879
Literary movementRomanticism
Notable worksO Cabeleira

He is patron of the 14th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

Life

João Franklin da Silveira Távora was born in the city of Baturité, Ceará, to Camilo Henrique da Silveira Távora and Maria de Santana da Silveira. He made his primary studies in Fortaleza. He moved with his parents to Pernambuco in 1854, ingressing at Law course in Recife, graduating in 1863. In 1874, he moves to Rio de Janeiro, writing for journals A Consciência Livre and A Verdade.

Along with Nicolau Midosi, he founded the Revista Brasileira, which lasted from 1879 to 1881. He polemized with José de Alencar's idealist Romanticism. He also founded the Associação dos Homens de Letras and was a member of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute.

He died on August 18, 1888.

Works
  • Trindade Maldita (1861)
  • Os Índios do Jaguaribe (1862)
  • Um Mistério de Família (1862)
  • A Casa de Palha (1866)
  • Um Casamento no Arrabalde (1869)
  • Três Lágrimas (1870)
  • Cartas de Semprônio a Cincinato (1871)
  • O Cabeleira (1876)
  • O Matuto (1878)
  • Lourenço (1878)
  • Lendas e Tradições do Norte (1878)
  • O Sacrifício (1879)
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Preceded by
New creation
Brazilian Academy of Letters - Patron of the 14th chair		 Succeeded by
Clóvis Beviláqua (founder)


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