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Profile of Lima Barreto
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Lima Barreto |
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13th May 1881 |
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Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Afonso Henrique de Lima Barreto was a Brazilian author, who wrote one of the country's classics, Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma or Tragic death of..., describing the adventures of a music- and book-loving odd-ball confronted with Brazil's peculiarities at the turn of the century.
Life
Lima Barreto was born in a poor family of mixed race (mestiço). He became a public servant and wrote as a journalist and novelist at the same time. He led a life affected by alcoholism and psychiatric inverventions.
Works
- Recordações do Escrivão IsaÃas Caminha (1909)
- Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma (1915)
- Clara do Anjos, published posthumously in 1948.
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