Birth: 1881-02-28
, Oaxaca
Death: 1959-06-30
, Cidade do México
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.
