Biografía:
Rio Claro, 1841 Luis Nicolau Fagundes Varela was born in the Ranch Santa Rita, Country of Rio Claro, Province of Rio de Janeiro, on August 17, 1841. His preparatory studies were begun in Angra dos Reis, continued in Petrópolis and completed in São Paulo where he enrolls the Law School in 1862. In the same year, he gets married in Sorocaba. His son Emiliano is born in 1863 but lives only three months. He goes through a very difficult phase, with a precarious financial situation, his wife's illness and disenchantment. But, at that time, he publishes "Vozes da America" where he includes "O Cântico do Calvário" in honor of his dead son. In 1865 he leaves for Recife where he wishes to continue his juridical studies. In the same year, he goes back without having taken the exam and starts to lead an errant life, constantly drunk. He dies in Niterói on February 18, 1875. Fagundes Varela was the greatest name of Brazilian poetry during the period of 1860-1870. He was the poet of the infinity of themes and shapes, the one who escapes from any label we may try to imprison him. He was lyric and epic, descriptive mystic and bucolic. Works: "Noturnas" - 1861; "0 Estandarte Auriverde" - 1863; "Vozes da América" - 1864; "Cantos e Fantasias" - 1865; "Cantos Meridionais" - 1869; "Cantos do Ermo e da Cidade"
