Bernardo Guimarães

Bernardo Guimarães (born Aug. 15, 1825, Ouro Prêto, Braz.—died March 10, 1884, Ouro Prêto) was a poet, dramatist, and regional novelist whose works marked a major transition toward greater realism in Brazilian literature and who was popular in his time as a minor Romantic novelist. After a youthful bohemian life in São Paulo, Guimarães retired to his native Minas Gerais to write and teach school. Guimarães’ subject, like that of his contemporary José Martiniano de...