Academia Pernambucana de Letras

The Academia Pernambucana de Letras (Pernambuco Academy of Letters) is a Brazilian literary society established in the manner of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, on January 26, 1901, in Recife by Carneiro Vilela and other writers from the state of Pernambuco, with a total of 20 seats.

At the end of the 19th century, some intellectuals in Recife were considering the creation of a new literary academy, which had the name Academia Pernambucana de Letras.

José Isidoro Martins Júnior, Artur da Silva Orlando, Eduardo de Carvalho and Thiago Joaquim da Fonseca addressed an invitation to Carneiro Vilela to join the new institution, which he refused, as he explained in a note in the newspaper Province.

On December 28, 1900, a note about the imminent installation of an academia appeared in the Jornal do Recife and Diário de Pernambuco.

On 14 January 1901, there was a preparatory session for the installation of the Academy, with the approval of the Organic Law and choice of patrons of the twenty seats which it would be composed of.