PEIXOTO JULIO AFRANIO: (1876-1947) Brazilian physician, writer, politician & historian. Manuscript D.S., Afranio ...

PEIXOTO JULIO AFRANIO: (1876-1947) Brazilian physician, writer, politician & historian. Manuscript D.S., Afranio Peixoto, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. Peixoto responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled Enquete Internationale ('International Enquiry') with their questions at the head of the page, '1. Were your literary beginnings happy or difficult? 2. Did a means of existence (a second profession or personal wealth) allow you to exist as a Man of Letters, or was it just income from your pen? 3. What book made you most famous? Which do you consider your masterpiece?' Peixoto provides his answers to the three questions immediately beneath, stating that his literary beginnings were scandalous as when he was eighteen he wrote a symbolic tragedy in five acts which was printed in Leipzig in various colours (orange, red, blue, violet and black) and which caused a literary madness amongst the young students who followed his work, explaining that he was employed as a university professor, and was also involved in politics, adding that literature in Brazil is sumptuary, and remarking that his first novel, Le Sphinx, was published in many editions and that Bugrinha, which was translated into French, gave him most pleasure. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and one very small tear to the right edge, VG