caption death_date notableworks birth_date image article_title name occupation
sketch eterna '' included in the first edition of '' Ância 30 may 1935 '' medeiros '' , '' livro das noivas '' , '' memórias a falência '' , '' Ância eterna '' , '' de eles e elas '' , '' correio da roça '' marta '' , '' a família 24 september 1862 júlia lopes de almeida.jpg júlia lopes de almeida
 júlia lopes de almeida writer advocate . , journalist , lecturer and women 's rights
júlia lopes de almeida

júlia valentina de silveira lopes de almeida -lrb- sep 24 , 1862 -- may 30 , 1934 -rrb- was one of the first brazilian women to earn acclaim and social acceptance as a writer .
in a career that spanned five decades , she wrote in a variety of literary genres ; however , it is her fiction , written under the influence of the naturalists Émile zola and guy de maupassant , that has captured the attention of recent critics .
her notable novels include `` memórias de marta '' -lrb- `` marta 's memoirs '' -rrb- , the first brazilian novel to take place in an urban tenement , `` a família medeiros '' -lrb- `` the medeiros family '' -rrb- , and `` a falência '' -lrb- `` the bankruptcy '' -rrb- .
immensely influential and appreciated by peers like aluísio azevedo , joão do rio and joão luso , she is remembered as an early advocate of modernized gender roles and increased women 's rights , as a precursor to later women writers like clarice lispector , and for her support of abolition .
she was married to the poet filinto de almeida .
