Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908) is widely considered one of the most innovative Latin American authors and is best known for his two masterpiece novels, Memórias Póstuma...ver maisJoaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908) is widely considered one of the most innovative Latin American authors and is best known for his two masterpiece novels, Memórias Póstumas de Bras Cubas and Dom Casmurro. He was also the founding president of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (1896), a position he held throughout the rest of his life.ver menos