Lúcio Cardoso

Brazilian novelist

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Lúcio Cardoso was a prominent Brazilian novelist of the mid-20th century, known for his introspective and psychological insights into reality. His novel Crônica da casa assassinada (1959) exemplified this style, offering new perspectives on the complexities of human experience. Cardoso is recognized alongside other significant Brazilian literary figures of the era, such as Clarice Lispector and João Guimarães Rosa, who also began writing in the 1940s and explored deep psychological themes in their works.1

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…with mid-20th-century novelists such as Lúcio Cardoso, whose Crônica da casa assassinada (1959; “Chronicle of the Assassinated House”) offered new introspective and psychological insights into the many dimensions of reality. Osman Lins, who began writing in the 1950s, built an oeuvre around the self-conscious process of writing in the context…
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…with mid-20th-century novelists such as Lúcio Cardoso, whose Crônica da casa assassinada (1959; “Chronicle of the Assassinated House”) offered new introspective and psychological insights into the many dimensions of reality. Osman Lins, who began writing in the 1950s, built an oeuvre around the self-conscious process of writing in the context…
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