Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (died 1908)

Machado de Assis

Brazilian writer (1839–1908)

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, often known by his surnames as Machado de Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho, was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature. In 1897, he founded and…