Biography of Machado de Assis He was born on June 21, 1839, in...

Biography of Machado de Assis He was born on June 21, 1839, in Morro do

Livramento, a marginalized region of Rio de

Janeiro. Poor, descendant of slaves, stutterer and

epileptic, he left home at the age of 16, when he

started working in newspapers in the capital of Rio

de Janeiro as an apprentice typographer. At work,

he met Manuel Antônio de Almeida, author of

Memoirs of a Militia Sergeant. This professional

partnership was of great influence for Machado,

who has since continued to work for newspapers

in various ways, where he had the opportunity to

write chronicles, which began in the form of

reviews of the Senate debates and, later, on

customs of the time, which generated, over a 40-

year career, more than 600 texts on 19th century

carioca society.

1. According to the text, Machado de Assis

was NOT:

a) poor.

b) stutterer.

c) descendants of slaves.

d) rich.9​