Lima Barreto Writer

Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (May 13, 1881 — November 1, 1922) was a Brazilian novelist and journalist. A major figure on the Brazilian Pre-Modernism, he is famous for the novel Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, a bitter satire of the first years of the República Velha in Brazil.

Personal facts

Lima Barreto
Birth dateMay 13, 1881
Birth nameAfonso Henriques de Lima Barreto
Birth place
Brazil , Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro (state)
Ethnicity
Mulatto
Date of deathNovember 01, 1922
Place of death
Brazil , Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro (state)
Relatives
Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo Viscount of Ouro Preto

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Writer

movement
Modernism
notable work
Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma
Os Bruzundangas
Clara dos Anjos
O Cemit%C3%A9rio dos Vivos

Topical connections

Adriana LisboaWriter
Ademir da GuiaFootball player
Alcione SorticaWriter
Aílton dos Santos FerrazSports manager
Aécio NevesPolitician
Ânderson PolgaFootball player

Lima Barreto on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Clara_dos_Anjos
  2. http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/O_Cemitério_dos_Vivos
  3. http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Os_Bruzundangas
  4. http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Recordações_do_Escrivão_Isaías_Caminha
  5. http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Triste_Fim_de_Policarpo_Quaresma
  6. http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/gallery/galleryindex.htm#LimaBarreto
  7. http://ytak.club.fr/mai2.html#barreto