Zeferino Brazil
(Taquari, RS, 1870; Porto Alegre, RS, 1942).
Teacher, journalist, poet, playwright, novelist and a chronicler who wrote for
various newspapers under pseudonyms. In 1920 Z. Brazil refused an
invitation to join the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Due to his great
popularity he was known as "Prince of the Poets of Rio Grande do
Sul." At the end of the 19
th century he belonged to two literary societies:
Apeles Porto Alegre and
Castro Alves, both in Porto Alegre.
His most relevant works are:
Juca, o letrado: estudo da psicologia mórbida,
1900,
Vovó Musa, 1903,
O meio: psicofisiologia do alcoolismo,
1922,
Alma gaúcha, 1935.
See full description in portuguese.