Bernardo Guimarães

Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães (August 15, 1825 – March 10, 1884) was a Brazilian poet and novelist. He is the author of the famous romances A Escrava Isaura and O Seminarista. He also introduced to Brazilian poetry the verso bestialógico (roughly silly verse), also referred to as pantagruélico (in a reference to Rabelais's character…