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José de Santa Rita Durão (1722–1784) was a Colonial Brazilian Neoclassic poet, orator and Augustinian friar. He is considered a forerunner of "Indianism" in Brazilian literature, with his epic poem ''Caramuru''. He is the correspondent patron of the 9th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. ==Life== José de Santa Rita Durão was born in Mariana, in what is now the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, in 1722. For 10 years he studied at the Jesuit College of Rio de Janeiro and, one year later, he went to Europe, where he became an Augustinian priest. He graduated in Philosophy and Theology at the University of Coimbra, where he would occupy a Theology chair. During the government of the Marquis of Pombal, he was persecuted and fled from Portugal. He went to Rome, where he worked as a librarian for 20 years, also travelling to Spain and France. After the Pombaline government fell, he returned to Portugal. It was in Portugal where Durão wrote his masterpiece and only known work: the Luís de Camões-influenced epic poem ''Caramuru'', published in 1781 and based on the life of the famous Portuguese sailor Diogo Álvares Correia (a.k.a. "Caramuru" — Old Tupí for "Son of the Thunder"). Legend says Durão was a very prolific writer, and wrote many poems during his lifetime. However, ''Caramuru'' received lackluster reviews by the intellectuals of the time, and Durão, heart-broken, destroyed all his poems and other literary works. He died in Lisbon in 1784. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Santa Rita Durão」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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