Abstract
The biographical portrait of the journalist, poet and romancist Antônio Salles (1868-1940) in Pedro Nava’s work (1903-1984) is noteworthy and remarkably fond. Since the death of Nava’s father in 1911, this bond with his paternal uncle continued to grow throughout the years. The married couple Antônio and Alice Nava Salles did not have children and so, they had a significant influence on Nava’s childhood and youth, which is evidenced in some of the most beautiful recollections in the first volumes of the doctor’s memoirs. According to Nava, the example set by Salles as a man of letters was decisive in the evolution of his career as a writer. Despite their evident artistic and historical value, Nava’s vast memoirs are still a theme that has not been widely discussed in Brazilian literature of the 21st century. This study is a comparative reading of fragments of Nava’s memoirs and biographical information obtained from Antonio Salles’s personal archive, an intellectual legacy bequeathed to his nephew Nava.
Keywords
Antônio Salles; Pedro Nava; memorial; intangible heritage