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Machado de Assis

Born

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

June 21, 1839

Died

September 29, 1908

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Romance, Poetry

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Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, often known as Machado de Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho, (June 21, 1839, Rio de Janeiro—September 29, 1908, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer. He is widely regarded as the most important writer of Brazilian literature. However, he did not gain widespread popularity outside Brazil in his own lifetime.
Machado's works had a great influence on Brazilian literary schools of the late 19th century and 20th century. José Saramago, Carlos Fuentes, Susan Sontag and Harold Bloom are among his admirers and Bloom calls him "the supreme black literary artist to date."

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Average rating: 4.15 · 107,365 ratings · 6,664 reviews · 842 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dom Casmurro 4.32 avg rating — 30,311 ratings — published 1899 — 252 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas 4.25 avg rating — 28,845 ratings — published 1881 — 750 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Alienista (Classicos Da Literatura Brasileira) 4.10 avg rating — 15,157 ratings — published 1882 — 282 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quincas Borba by Machado de Assis, Celso Favaretto (Primary Contributor), Gregory Rabassa (Translator), David T. Haberly (Introduction) 3.96 avg rating — 6,261 ratings — published 1891 — 130 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Helena 3.74 avg rating — 2,950 ratings — published 1876 — 166 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Esau and Jacob by Machado de Assis, Carlos Felipe Moisés (Primary Contributor), Elizabeth Lowe (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 1,692 ratings — published 1904 — 166 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Mão e a Luva 3.75 avg rating — 1,500 ratings — published 1874 — 150 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cartomante e Outros Contos by Machado de Assis, Douglas Tufano (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 1,197 ratings — published 1884 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memorial de Aires (Classicos Da Literatura Brasileira) 3.82 avg rating — 1,056 ratings — published 1908 — 146 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Papéis Avulsos by Machado de Assis, Ivan Teixeira (Essay) 4.15 avg rating — 836 ratings — published 1882 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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12 votes, 4.5%

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