Mário de Alencar
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Mário Cochrane de Alencar (30 January 1872 – 8 December 1925) was a Brazilian poet, short story writer, journalist, lawyer and novelist. He was one of the children of famous novelist José de Alencar.
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Born | Mário Cochrane de Alencar (1872-01-30)30 January 1872 Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
Died | 8 December 1925(1925-12-08) (aged 53) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Pen name | John Alone |
Occupation | Poet, short story writer, journalist, novelist, lawyer |
Alma mater | University of São Paulo |
Relatives | José de Alencar, José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar, Leonel Martiniano de Alencar |
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He occupied the 21st chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1905 until his death in 1925.