# Academia Catarinense de Letras

The Academia Catarinense de Letras (ACL) (English: Catarinense Academy of Letters) is a Brazilian literary non-profit society, and it is the maximum literary authority in the State of Santa Catarina.
The ACL is located in the city of Florianópolis, at the Centro Integrado de Cultura Professor Henrique da Silva Fontes (CIC) (English: Integrated Cultural Center).

## History

With the objective to promote the literary production and congregate the men of letters in Santa Catarina, the Sociedade Catharinense de Letras (Catarinense Society of Letters) was formed on October 30, 1920, from an invitation of José Boiteux.
The idea had been initiated twice in the previous decade by the then young writer Othon da Gama Lobo d'Eça, but it did not take off. But in May 1921 it had its statutes approved and fourteen founding members occupied their chairs. The Patrons for each chair were chosen, and distributed in alphabetical order.
In 1924, inspired by the Academia Brasileira de Letras, the society changes its name to Academia Catarinense de Letras. At the time, sixteen of the forty chairs were still vacant.
Differently from similar academies, the ACL has accepted women in their ranks from the very beginning, with Delminda Silveira being the first member of the chair number 10, and Maura de Senna Pereira the first member of chair number 38.

## Composition

The Academia Catarinense de Letras is composed by forty writers either born in Santa Catarina or that made history in the State. The chairs are lifetime positions, that is, new members can only be chosen after the death of a current member. When a chair is vacant, the Academy organizes an election between the remaining members to choose the new member. Any writer can postulate the chair, as long as they have a published book. The members of the Academy are called "immortals".

## List of the immortals and their chairs

| Chair | Patron | Founder | Successors |
| 1 | Álvaro de Carvalho | Clementino Fausto Barcelos de Brito | Arnaldo Silveira Brandão ► Edy Leopoldo Tremel |
| 2 | Antero dos Reis Dutra | Laércio Caldeira de Andrada | Silveira Júnior ► Urda Alice Klueger |
| 3 | Carlos de Faria | Alfredo Filipe da Luz | Paulo Lago ► Moacir Pereira |
| 4 | Cláudio Luís da Costa | Luís Antônio Ferreira Gualberto | Carlos da Costa Pereira ► José Ferreira da Silva ► João Alfredo Medeiros Vieira |
| 5 | Crispim Mira | Leopoldo de Diniz Martins Júnior | Theobaldo Costa Jamundá ► Francisco José Pereira |
| 6 | Duarte Mendes de Sampaio | João Nepomuceno Manfredo Leite | Paulo Gonçalves Weber Vieira da Rosa |
| 7 | Duarte Paranhos Schutel | Juvêncio de Araújo Figueiredo | Francisco de Oliveira e Silva ► Raulino Reitz ► Leatrice Moellmann |
| 8 | Eduardo Duarte Silva | Marcos Konder | Vítor Konder ► Carlos Gomes de Oliveira ► Polidoro Ernani de São Thiago ► Sílvio Coelho dos Santos ► Mário Pereira |
| 9 | Feliciano Nunes Pires | Anfilóquio de Carvalho Gonçalves | Ivens Bastos de Araújo ► Martinho José Calado Júnior ► João Nicolau Carvalho |
| 10 | Francisco Antônio Castorino de Farias | Delminda Silveira | Castorina Lobo de São Thiago ► Júlio de Queiroz |
| 11 | Francisco Carlos da Luz | Edmundo da Luz Pinto | Henrique Stodieck ► Glauco Rodrigues Correia ► Hoyêdo de Gouvêa Lins |
| 12 | Francisco Pedro da Cunha | Heitor Pinto da Luz e Silva | Holdemar Meneses ► Edson Ubaldo |
| 13 | Francisco Tolentino | Tito Carvalho | José Artulino Besen |
| 14 | Gustavo de Lacerda | Silveira Lenzi | |
| 15 | Cruz e Sousa | Othon da Gama Lobo d'Eça | Celestino Sachet |
| 16 | João Justino Proença | Horácio Serapião de Carvalho | Alcides Abreu |
| 17 | Jerônimo Coelho | José Arthur Boiteux | Oswaldo Rodrigues Cabral ► Carlos Humberto Pederneiras Corrêa |
| 18 | João Silveira de Sousa | Henrique Fontes | José Curi |
| 19 | Joaquim Antônio de São Tiago | Arnaldo Claro São Tiago | Arthur Pereira e Oliveira |
| 20 | Joaquim Augusto do Livramento | Fúlvio Aducci | Custódio Francisco de Campos ► Victor Antônio Peluso Júnior |
| 21 | Joaquim Gomes de Oliveira e Paiva | Joe Collaço | |
| 22 | Jonas de Oliveira Ramos | Nereu Ramos | Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira ► Luiz Gallotti |
| 23 | José Cândido de Lacerda Coutinho | Altino Corsino da Silva Flores | Flávio José Cardozo |
| 24 | José Johanny | Francisco Barreiros Filho | Liberato Manuel Pinheiro Neto |
| 25 | Juvêncio Martins Costa | Amaro Seixas Ribeiro Neto | Paschoal Apóstolo Pítsica |
| 26 | Lauro Müller | Adolfo Konder | Sylvia Amelia Carneiro da Cunha |
| 27 | Luís Delfino | João Batista Crespo | Pedro Bertolino |
| 28 | Lídio Martins Barbosa | Osvaldo Melo | Péricles Prade |
| 29 | Liberato Bittencourt | Edmundo Acácio Soares Moreira | Napoleão Xavier do Amarante |
| 30 | Manuel Joaquim de Almeida Coelho | Lucas Alexandre Boiteux | Jaldyr Bhering Faustino da Silva ► Jali Meirinho |
| 31 | Manuel José de Sousa França | Henrique Boiteux | Walter Piazza |
| 32 | Manuel dos Santos Lostada | Gustavo Neves | Lauro Junkes |
| 33 | Manuel da Silva Mafra | Gil Costa | Renato de Medeiros Barbosa |
| 34 | Marcelino Antônio Dutra | Ogê Mannebach | Jorge Borges Cordeiro da Silva |
| 35 | Martinho José Calado e Silva | Haroldo Genésio Calado | Lydio Martinho Calado |
| 36 | Oscar Rosas | José dos Santos de Diniz Martins | Iaponan Soares |
| 37 | Polidoro Olavo de São Tiago | Ivo d'Aquino Fonseca | Licurgo Ramos da Costa |
| 38 | Roberto Trompowski | Maura de Senna Pereira | Salomão Ribas Junior |
| 39 | Sebastião Catão Calado | Carlos José da Mota de Azevedo Correia | Almiro Caldeira de Andrada |
| 40 | Virgílio Várzea | Nereu Correia | Norberto Ungaretti |