João Suassuna
João Urbano Pessoa de Vasconcelos Suassuna | |
|---|---|
 President[1] of Paraíba | |
| In office 1924–1928 | |
| Preceded by | Sólon Barbosa de Lucena |
| Succeeded by | João Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
| Deputy of Paraíba | |
| In office 1928–1930 | |
| President | Washington Luís |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1886 Catolé do Rocha, Brazil |
| Died | 9 October 1930 (aged 44) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Political party | Partido Republicano da Paraíba |
| Profession | Politician |
João Urbano Pessoa de Vasconcelos Suassuna (better known as João Suassuna, 9 January 1886 – 9 October 1930) was a Brazilian politician from the Sertão region. He was the father of the playwright and author Ariano Suassuna.
Biography
From 1924 to 1929, João Suassuna was the president[2] of Paraíba, just before João Pessoa. While Suassuna was the defender of Sertão culture, João Pessoa was a supporter of modernisation.[3] His son and Ariano wrote about the opposition between the two men: [4]
<quote>Pessoa was representing the towns and the capital middle-class, and was at the avant-garde. My father represented, however, the sertanejos and the status quo. It can be said that they were the last two feudal lords of the sertão...</quote>[5]
When Pessoa became President of his state, and Suassuna deputy, the military were worried about this situation and President of Brazil Washington Luís enacted a federal response. Pessoa was murdered July 26, 1930 by a relative of Suassuna.[6].
On October 9, 1930 Suassuna was murdered in revenge in Rio de Janeiro after he had gone to Rio for a meeting with Washington Luís to try to find a solution to social unrest in the sertão.
Post-mortem
- Ariano Suassuna, for the romance O Romance d'A Pedra do Reino e o Príncipe do Sangue do Vai-e-Volta[7], was inspired from father's life.
- In 1960, the Campina Grande Airport was named Presidente João Suassuna Airport.[8]
Notes
- ^ In 20s and 30s, the governor was called president.
- ^ In 1920s and 1930s]], the governor was called president
- ^ André Bueno; Literatura e sociedade, narrativa, poesia, cinema, teatro e canção popular; 7LetrasM; 2006; ISBN 9788575772836
- ^ José Augusto Guerra; O mundo mágico e poético de Ariano Suassuno, Cultura3, pag. 96-102, Rio de Janeiro, MEC, 1971, p.100
- ^ José Augusto Guerra; O mundo mágico e poético de Ariano Suassuno, (Cultura) 3rd volume; MEC; 1971
- ^ Idelette Muzart-Fonseca dos Santos; Littérature/Histoire, regards croisés; Un siècle d'histoire du Nordeste dans Le Romance d'A Pedro do Reino; ISBN 9782840500643
- ^ Mathieu Lindon (19 March 1998). "L'épopée carabinée d'Ariano Suassuna". Libération (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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