Santa Rita Durão
![A 1981 Brazilian [[Postage stamp|stamp]] celebrating the 200th anniversary of ''Caramuru''{{'}}s publication; a fictionalized depiction of Durão can be seen at the left, and [[Diogo Álvares Correia]] at the right](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Santa_Rita_Dur%C3%A3o_1981_Brazil_stamp.jpg)
José de Santa Rita Durão (1722–1784), known simply as Santa Rita Durão, was a Colonial Brazilian Neoclassic poet, orator and Augustinian friar. He is considered a forerunner of "Indianism" in Brazilian literature, with his epic poem ''Caramuru''.He is the correspondent patron of the 9th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. Provided by Wikipedia
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