Machado de Assis
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Machado de Assis was a pioneering Brazilian novelist, short story writer, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the Portuguese language and a central figure in Brazilian literature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Machado de Assis canonical | 12 |
| Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1039729 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Machado de Assis Context triple: [Academia Brasileira de Letras, founder, Machado de Assis]
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A.
Eça de Queirós
Eça de Queirós was a prominent 19th-century Portuguese novelist known for his realist style and critical portrayals of Portuguese society.
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B.
Salgueiro Maia
Salgueiro Maia was a Portuguese army captain who became one of the central leaders of the 1974 military coup that peacefully overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship.
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C.
Teófilo Braga
Teófilo Braga was a Portuguese writer, literary historian, and politician who briefly served as President of Portugal during the early years of the First Republic.
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D.
José Pinheiro de Azevedo
José Pinheiro de Azevedo was a Portuguese naval officer and politician who served as prime minister during the turbulent post-Carnation Revolution transitional period in the mid-1970s.
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E.
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa was a seminal 20th-century Portuguese modernist writer and poet, renowned for his use of multiple literary alter egos (heteronyms) and his profound impact on Portuguese literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Machado de Assis Target entity description: Machado de Assis was a pioneering Brazilian novelist, short story writer, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the Portuguese language and a central figure in Brazilian literature.
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A.
Eça de Queirós
Eça de Queirós was a prominent 19th-century Portuguese novelist known for his realist style and critical portrayals of Portuguese society.
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B.
Salgueiro Maia
Salgueiro Maia was a Portuguese army captain who became one of the central leaders of the 1974 military coup that peacefully overthrew the Estado Novo dictatorship.
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C.
Teófilo Braga
Teófilo Braga was a Portuguese writer, literary historian, and politician who briefly served as President of Portugal during the early years of the First Republic.
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D.
José Pinheiro de Azevedo
José Pinheiro de Azevedo was a Portuguese naval officer and politician who served as prime minister during the turbulent post-Carnation Revolution transitional period in the mid-1970s.
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E.
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa was a seminal 20th-century Portuguese modernist writer and poet, renowned for his use of multiple literary alter egos (heteronyms) and his profound impact on Portuguese literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil servant
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ literary critic ⓘ novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ short story writer ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Brazil ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1839-06-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| citizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Brazil ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Brazil ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1908-09-29 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Afro-Brazilian ⓘ |
| familyName | Machado de Assis self-link ⓘ |
| fullName |
Machado de Assis
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
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| genre |
drama
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novel ⓘ poetry ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| givenName | Joaquim ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Brazilian novelists
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Brazilian literature ⓘ |
| language | Portuguese ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1869 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Academia Brasileira de Letras ⓘ |
| movement |
Modernism precursor
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Realism ⓘ Romanticism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dom Casmurro
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Esaú e Jacó ⓘ Helena ⓘ Histórias sem Data ⓘ Iaiá Garcia ⓘ Memorial de Aires ⓘ The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas ⓘ
surface form:
Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas
Papéis Avulsos ⓘ Páginas Recolhidas ⓘ Quincas Borba ⓘ Relíquias de Casa Velha ⓘ Ressurreição ⓘ Várias Histórias ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
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journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ short story writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | first president of the Academia Brasileira de Letras ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
central figure in Brazilian literature
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one of the greatest writers in the Portuguese language ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| spouse | Carolina Augusta Xavier de Novais ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
irony
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psychological realism ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Machado de Assis Description of subject: Machado de Assis was a pioneering Brazilian novelist, short story writer, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the Portuguese language and a central figure in Brazilian literature.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.