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Alceu Amoroso Lima

アルセウ・アモローゾ・リマ

Aruseu Amorōzo Rima

Pen Names: Tristão de Ataíde（Used for literary criticism）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1893-12-11 （Petrópolis）
Died
1983-08-14 （Rio de Janeiro） age 89
Nationality
Brazilian
Languages
Portuguese
Religion
Catholicism Baptized in 1928
Residence History
Petrópolis (birth) → Rio de Janeiro

Career

Occupations
Writer, Journalist, Activist, Professor
Active Years
1913-1983
Affiliations
Academia Brasileira de Letras, Catholic Action
Memberships
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Influenced By
Jackson de Figueiredo, G. K. Chesterton, Jacques Maritain

Education

Colégio Pedro II
Law Faculty
Degree: 法学学位
Year of Graduation: 1913
Country: Brazil

Awards

Juca Pato Prize
1964
Result: 受賞
Prêmio Jabuti
1979
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Política

1932 Politics

Work on politics

Catholicism

Mitos de nosso tempo

1943 Essay

Discusses myths of our time

Catholic thought

Bibliography

  • Estudos — Segunda série (1927)
  • Política (1932)
  • Idade, sexo e tempo (1938)
  • Elementos de ação católica (1938)
  • Mitos de nosso tempo (1943)
  • O problema do trabalho (1946)
  • Meditações sobre o mundo interior (1953)
  • O existencialismo e outros mitos de nosso tempo (1951)
  • O gigantismo econômico (1962)
  • O humanismo ameaçado (1965)
  • Os direitos do homem e o homem sem direitos (1975)
  • Revolução Suicida (1977)
  • Tudo é mistério (1983)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Critical
Recurring Motifs
Catholic thoughtAnti-authoritarianism

Legacy

Known as a Brazilian Catholic intellectual, advocated for democracy and press freedom.

Trivia

  • Founder of Brazilian Christian Democracy
  • Former atheist converted to Catholicism in 1928