. "1839-06-21Z"^^ . . . "1908Z"^^ . . "1st Academic of the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters" . . "1908-09-29Z"^^ . "Assinatura de Machado de Assis.gif" . "President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters" . . . . . "1839Z"^^ . "Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (Portuguese: [\u0292w\u0250\u02C8k\u0129 m\u0250\u02C8\u027Ei.\u0250 m\u0250\u02C8\u0283adu d\u0268 \u0250\u02C8sis]), often known by his surnames as Machado de Assis, Machado, or Bruxo do Cosme Velho (21 June 1839 \u2013 29 September 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."@en . "Brazilian writer" . . "Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria"@en . . "Machado de Assis"@en . .