1881-02-28 — 1959-06-30
· Oaxaca
José Vasconcelos was a Brazilian writer, politician, and educator, a central figure of Brazilian Modernism. His work spanned various fields, including philosophy, sociology, and literary criticism, but it is in poetry that his lyrical vein and the search for a national identity are most intensely manifested. Vasconcelos left a significant intellectual legacy, with a body of work that sought to fuse tradition with modernity and propose a renewed vision of Brazilian culture.
