Academia Brasileira de Letras

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cultural institution learned society literary academy

The Academia Brasileira de Letras is Brazil’s foremost literary and linguistic institution, renowned for promoting national literature and serving as the official guardian of the Portuguese language in Brazil.

Aliases (1)

Brazilian Academy of Letters ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural institution → learned society → literary academy →
buildingLocatedIn	Centro, Rio de Janeiro →
chairType	numbered chairs →
country	Brazil →
fieldOfWork	grammar of Portuguese → lexicography → linguistics → literature →
founder	Machado de Assis →
foundingDate	1897-07-20 →
hasAnnualEvent	literary prize ceremonies → possession ceremonies for new members →
hasChairCount	40 →
hasHonoraryMemberType	corresponding member →
hasOrgan	Plenary of the 40 chairs →
hasPart	Casa de Machado de Assis →
hasPublicationType	literary journal → reference works →
hasSeatingCapacity	approximately 300 (main hall) →
hasWebsite	https://www.academia.org.br/ →
headquartersLocation	Brazil → Rio de Janeiro →
heritageDesignation	listed cultural heritage of Rio de Janeiro →
inception	1897 →
inspiredBy	Académie française →
languageRegulated	Brazilian Portuguese →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Rio de Janeiro (city) →
locatedInTimeZone	UTC−03:00 →
memberOf	Union Académique Internationale →
membershipCategory	immortal (imortal) →
membershipType	lifetime membership →
motto	Ad immortalitatem →
namedAfter	Brazil →
nativeLabel	Academia Brasileira de Letras →
notableFounder	Machado de Assis →
numberOfMembers	40 →
officialLanguage	Portuguese →
publishes	dictionaries of Brazilian Portuguese → grammars of Brazilian Portuguese → literary works and collections →
purpose	promotion of Brazilian literature → protection of the Portuguese language in Brazil →
regionServed	Brazil →
selectionProcess	election by existing members →
shortName	ABL →
significantBuildingStyle	neoclassical architecture →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Paulo Coelho ("Brazilian Academy of Letters") →	memberOf
Academia Brasileira de Letras →	nativeLabel
Portuguese language →	regulatedBy
Brazilian Portuguese →	regulatingBody