Each stage in life is an edition that supersedes the previous one and will also be superseded until the definitive edition: the one that the editor gives to the worms.
Machado de Assis Quotes
Life is so beautiful that even the idea of death must be born before it can be realized. You must already understand. Now read another chapter.
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| Birth: | 21st June, 1839 |
| Death: | 29th September, 1908 |
| Nationality: | Brazilian |
| Profession: | Novelist, Playwright, Poet |
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Joaquim Mario Machado de Assis was a Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer, and advocate of monarchism. Widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature, nevertheless he did not gain widespread popularity outside Brazil in his own lifetime. He was multilingual, having taught himself French, English, German and Greek in later life.
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