Ubirajara is the protagonist of the eponymous novel by José de Alencar. Ubirajara appears in the opening chapters with the name Jaguaré, from the warrior tribe of Araguaias, before becoming “Mr. Boom” Ubirajara, winning Pojuca and replacing his father as head of the tribe. Earlier novels by de Alencar are O Guarani (1857) and Iracema (1865).
Appearance List Books & editions: Ubirajara: lenda tupy (Rio de Janeiro: Garnier, 1875) by José de Alencar; Ubirajara. Roman aus den Urwäldern Brasiliens (Leipzig: Wilhelm Friedrich, 1886) by José de Alencar — trans. G. Th. Hoffmann; Ubirajara: lenda tupy (São Paulo: C. Teixeira, 1913) by José de Alencar; Ubirajara: A Legend of the Tupi Indians (London: Ronald Massey, 1922) by José de Alencar — trans. J. T. W. Sadler; Ubirajara, lenda tupy (Rio de Janeiro: Garnier, 1926) by José de Alencar. Film: Ubirajara (1919, silent) — dir. Luiz de Barros; A Lenda de Ubirajara (1975) — dir. André Luiz Oliveira. Comics: “Ubirajara” in Edição Maravilhosa #57 (EBAL, 1952) — adaptation by André LeBlanc; “Ubirajara” in Cavaleiro Andante (Empresa Nacional de Publicidade, 1956) — serial adaptation by José Ruy; Ubirajara in Vida Juvenil (Sociedade Gráfica Vida Doméstica, 1958) — written/drawn by Gedeone Malagola.
Description Ubirajara is the protagonist of the eponymous novel by José de Alencar. Ubirajara appears in the opening chapters with the name Jaguaré, from the warrior tribe of Araguaias, before becoming “Mr. Boom” Ubirajara, winning Pojuca and replacing his father as head of the tribe. Earlier novels by de Alencar are O Guarani (1857) and Iracema (1865).
