Academia Pernambucana de Letras
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Recife
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by Carneiro Vilela and other pernambucan
Pernambuco
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writers of time, with a total of 20 seats. One of the first letters academies of Brazil, being surpassed only by Academia Cearense de Letras, by Academia Brasileira de Letras
Academia Brasileira de Letras
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and Academia Paraense de Letras.
History
At the end of 19th century, some intellectuals in Recife was considering the creation of a new literary academy, which had the name Academia Pernambucana de Letras. José Isidoro Martins Júnior, Artur da Silva Orlando, Eduardo de Carvalho and Thiago Joaquim da Fonseca addressed an invitation to Carneiro Vilela to join the new institution and he do not accepted this invitation, stating in the newspaper provinceProvince
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a note explaining his refusal.
The same Carneiro Vilela, however, was part of a group of intellectuals who founded the Academy in 1901.
On December 28 of 1900 was published a note about the imminent installation of academia in the Jornal do Recife and Diario de Pernambuco
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In the minutes of the regular meeting of January 10 of 1901 in Instituto Arqueológico, Histórico e Geográfico Pernambucano was laid the following text:
"Mr. Costa asked Dr. Regueiro, and the Institute approved, which grant the hall of honor for him to be formally installed on 26 of the current, Pernambuco Academy of Letters, which, according to the resolution of the same Institute continue to work at the headquarters of its sessions."
On 14 January of that year there was a preparatory session for the installation of the Academy, with the approval of the Organic Law and choice of patrons of the twenty seats that would compose.
On January 26, 1901, in a formal ceremony in the Great Hall of IAHGP, Pernambuco Academy of Letters was installed, chaired by Carneiro Vilela, with the governor of Gonçalves Ferreira and speech Carlos Porto Carreiro.
The Academy was dissolved in 1910, being reorganized in 1920.
In 1921 the number of seats was increased to 30.
In 1960 was increased to 40, which is the current number.
It is currently chaired by the Academic Waldenio Porto (Chair No. 15).
Bibliographic references
- PARAÍSO, Rostand. Academia Pernambucana de Letras: sua história, v. 1. Recife: APL, 2006.
- PARAÍSO, Rostand. Academia Pernambucana de Letras: efemérides, v. 2. Recife: APL, 2006.