Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839 - 1908), was a Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright, short story writer, and advocate of monarchism. Widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature, nevertheless he did not gain widespread popularity outside Brazil in his own lifetime. He was multilingual, having taught himself French, English, German and Greek in later life. Jose Medeiros e Albuquerque Jose Joaquim de Campos da Costa de Medeiros e Albuquerque (1867 - 934) was a Brazilian poet, politician, teacher, journalist, short story writer, civil...