Dyonélio Machado as a public figure and a brazilian intelectual: notes to a comprehension

Abstract

The article aims to present aspects of the intellectual career of the writer, psychoanalyst, journalist and politician, Dyonélio Machado. Starting from his biographical trajectory, it aims to indicate the main points of his thought, as well as his contribution to certain fields and areas of knowledge. A prominent intellectual of his time, his career suffered through political arrest, editorial boycott, and when elected state deputy, the removal of office. What is evident is the integrity of the subject, who did not allow concessions, and who in all areas to which he devoted himself, developed his intellectual work seriously. With this, it tries to contribute to the respectability of his figure, sometimes outcasted in his career.