Martins Pena

Martins Pena
A photograph of Pena
Born	Luís Carlos Martins Pena 5 November 1815(1815-11-05) Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	7 December 1848(1848-12-07) (aged 33) Lisbon, Portugal
Occupation	Playwright
Nationality	Brazilian
Ethnicity	White
Alma mater	Escola Nacional de Belas Artes
Literary movement	Romanticism
Notable work(s)	O Noviço, Quem Casa Quer Casa, O Juiz de Paz na Roça
Influenced Artur Azevedo

Luís Carlos Martins Pena (November 5, 1815 — December 7, 1848) was a Brazilian playwright, famous for introducing to Brazil the "comedy of customs", winning the epithet of "the Brazilian Molière".

He is patron of the 29th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

Life

Martins Pena was born in Rio de Janeiro, to João Martins Pena and Francisca de Paula Julieta Pena. Losing his father when he was 1 year old, and his mother when he was 10, he was delivered to the care of tutors, who ingressed him at the world of commerce. However, seeing that it was not what he wanted, he entered at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in 1835, learning Architecture, Statuary, Drawing and Music. Entering at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1838, he travelled to many countries, such as England, where he contracted tuberculosis. Moving to Lisbon in an unsuccessful attempt of mitigating the disease, he dies in 1848.

Works

• O Juiz de Paz na Roça (1838)
• Itaminda, ou O Guerreiro de Tupã (1839)
• A Família e a Festa na Roça (1840)
• Vitiza, ou O Nero de Espanha (1841)
• O Judas no Sábado de Aleluia (1844)
• O Namorador, ou A Noite de São João (1845)
• Os Três Médicos (1845)
• A Barriga do Meu Tio (1846)
• Os Ciúmes de um Pedestre, ou O Terrível Capitão do Mato (1846)
• As Desgraças de uma Criança (1846)
• O Diletante (1846)
• Os Meirinhos (1846)
• Um Segredo de Estado (1846)
• O Caixeiro da Taverna (1847)
• Os Irmãos das Almas (1847)
• Quem Casa Quer Casa (1847)
• O Noviço (1853; posthumous)
• Os Dois e o Inglês Maquinista (1871; posthumous)

External links

• Martins Pena's biography at the official site of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Portuguese)

Preceded by New creation

Brazilian Academy of Letters - Patron of the 29th chair

Succeeded by Artur Azevedo (founder)

Persondata
Name	Pena, Martins
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	November 5, 1815
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death	December 7, 1848
Place of death	Lisbon, Portugal