Domingos Olímpio

Domingos Olímpio Braga Cavalcanti (September 18, 1851 – October 7, 1906) was a Brazilian novelist, journalist and playwright, famous for his Naturalist novel Luzia-Homem.

Life Olímpio was born in the city of Sobral, in the State of Ceará, in 1857. Graduated in Law at the Faculdade de Direito do Recife, he exercised journalistic career in Recife, Belém and Rio de Janeiro, working for newspapers such as O Comércio, Jornal do Commercio, Correio do Povo, José do Patrocínio's A Cidade do Rio, Gazeta de Notícias and O País. Writing under the pen name Pojucã, he was the director of the periodic Os Anais, where he published many books under feuilleton form, such as O Almirante and the unfinished O Uirapuru.

He also lived with his family in the United States, working at the Brazilian embassy in Washington during the Grover Cleveland government, when the Brazilian borders with Argentina were fixed. Two of his seven children were born during this mission.

Olímpio would try to join the Brazilian Academy of Letters, but Mário de Alencar was accepted in his place instead. Only Olavo Bilac would support Olímpio in his attempt.

Works

Novels Luzia-Homem (1903) O Almirante O Uirapuru (unfinished)

Theatre plays A Perdição (1874) Rochedos que Choram Túnica Nessus Tântalo Um Par de Galhetas Os Maçons e o Bispo Domitila

Miscellaneous História da Missão Especial de Washington A Questão do Acre A Loucura na Política