Junqueira Freire | |
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| Born | Luís José Junqueira Freire (1832-12-31)31 December 1832 |
| Died | 24 June 1855(1855-06-24) (aged 23) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Subject | Mal du siècle |
| Literary movement | Romanticism |
| Notable works | Inspirações do Claustro |
Luís José Junqueira Freire (December 31, 1832 – June 24, 1855) was a Brazilian poet and Benedictinemonk, adept of the "Ultra-Romanticism" movement and author ofInspirações do Claustro. He is the patron of the 25th chair of theBrazilian Academy of Letters.
Luís José Junqueira Freire was born December 31, 1832, inSalvador,Bahia, to José Vicente de Sá Freire and Felicidade Augusta Junqueira. After completing his primary studies andLatin, he was matriculated at the Liceu Provincial of Salvador in 1849. Two years later, he joined theOrder of Saint Benedict by family reasons. Although unsatisfacted living at the monastery, there he could write and read poetry, and served as a teacher.
He demanded hissecularity in 1853, and, one year later, having obtained it, he refugiated at home, where he wrote his shortAutobiography. Shortly before dying on June 24, 1855, due to heart problems he had since his childhood, Freire published the poetry anthology he wrote during his years at the Benedictines' monastery, calledInspirações do Claustro (in English:Cloister Inspirations). The poems of it speak mostly of the solitude Freire suffered at the monastery, and also another subjects, such ascelibacy horror; repressed desires who disturbed him and increased in him the wish to sin; the Braziliannationalism; revolts against rules, the world and himself; obsession by death, and themal du siècle.
Some of Freire's poems have slightAbolitionist traits; because of that, some critics consider him a forerunner of theCondorism.
He was among the first poets in Brazil to write homoerotic verses.[1]
| Preceded by New creation |  Brazilian Academy of Letters -Patron of the 25th chair | Succeeded by Franklin Dória (founder) |
