“O menos poeta sou eu”: trajetória intelectual de Filinto de Almeida

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the life of Filinto de Almeida (1847-1945) during the transition from the Empire to the Republic, based on the debate on the construction of intellectual trajectories in Brazil at the turn of the 19th century to the 20th century. By gathering evidence about his biography, social network and written productions, I presented the involvement of the poet and journalist in the creation of national and institutional projects, frequently publicized in the press. Considering an interdisciplinary perspective of social phenomena, this research approached the different dimensions of the life of this multifaceted scholar, and developed an analysis of his participation in the project to create the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL). Paying attention to the construction of Filinto's image as an “academic consort” and “mediocre poet”, this research questioned the attribution of this type of inconsistent nomenclature. As a result, this investigation presents a narrative about the person who became a poet and explored the world alongside his wife and life partner, the novelist Julia Lopes de Almeida.