The Academia Espírito-santense de Letras (Portuguese for "Espírito Santo Literary Academy", acronym AEL) is a Brazilian literary society headquartered in Vitória, Espírito Santo.

[2] The academy aims to encourage culture, promote the creation of cultural associations, publicise and encourage reading and the creation of libraries, promote literary competitions, maintain exchanges with other associations, take part in projects aimed at cultural integration and carry out research with a view to the literary development of the State of Espírito Santo.

Among the personalities who have been part of the academy are jurists, professors and journalists, as well as politicians, military personnel, religious people, civil servants, businesspeople and liberal professionals, all interested in culture and literature, such as Jerônimo Monteiro, João Clímaco, Graciano Neves and Aristóbulo Barbosa Leão.

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