Amália dos Passos Figueiroa

Amália dos Passos Figueiroa (August 31, 1845 – September 24, 1878) was a Brazilian poet and journalist.

Biography Figueiroa was born in Porto Alegre to the Portuguese journalist Manoel dos Passos Figueiroa and the Brazilian Ana Cândida da Rocha Figueiroa. Her father died when she was four years and she became a depressed and melancholic adolescent. including A Reforma (The Reform). A Romantic, she had among her influences Gonçalves Dias, José de Alencar, Alvares de Azevedo and Casimiro de Abreu. She published works on Partenon's monthly journal and local newspapers to critical and public acclaim.

In 1882, two years after her death, two poems by Amália Figueiroa, As Duas Estrelas and Luz, were chosen to be part of the collection Almanaque de Senhoras, published in Lisbon, Portugal.