Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre

Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre

1806 1879

Brazilian poet, playwright and painter (1806-1879)

Manuel José de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo, was a Brazilian Romantic writer, painter, architect, diplomat and professor, considered to be one of the first Brazilian editorial cartoonists ever. He is the patron of the 32nd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

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