Sílvio Romero

• Name — Sílvio Romero • Birth Name — Sílvio Vasconcelos da Silveira Ramos Romero • Born — 21 April 1851 • Birthplace — Lagarto, Sergipe, Empire of Brazil • Died — 18 June 1914 • Place of death — Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Occupation — * Poet • essayist • literary critic • professor • journalist • Education — Faculdade de Direito do Recife • Movement — Romanticism

Romero was born in the city of Lagarto, in the State of Sergipe, in 1851, to André Ramos Romero, a Portuguese salesman, and Maria Joaquina Vasconcelos da Silveira. He graduated in Law at the Faculdade de Direito do Recife in 1873, and would work for many newspapers of Pernambuco and Rio during the 1870s. In 1875, he was elected a provincial deputy for the city of Estância. His first poetry book, Cantos do Fim do Século, was published in 1878. In 1879 he moved to Rio de Janeiro and served as Philosophy teacher for the Colégio Pedro II between 1881 and 1910. He died in 1914.

• Cantos do Fim do Século (1878) • Cantos Populares do Brasil (1883) • Últimos Harpejos (1883) • Contos Populares do Brasil (1885) • Uma Esperteza (1887) • Parnaso Sergipano (1889) • Folclore Brasileiro (1897)

Sílvio Romero was recorded at birth as Sílvio Vasconcelos da Silveira Ramos Romero. The authorities additionally record the headings Sílvio Vasconcelos da Silveira Ramos Romero, Sylvio Romero, Silvio Romero and Silvio Vasconcelos da Silveira Ramos Romero. His recorded language was Portuguese. Recorded as journalist, lawyer, writer, literary critic and politician.