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Born July 26, 1895 • São José dos Campos • Brazil
Died January 14, 1974 (aged 78) • Rio de Janeiro • Brazil
Notable Works “Martim Cererê”
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Afrânio Coutinho
Brazilian writer and literary critic
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Augusto de Campos
Brazilian poet and critic
Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Brazilian poet and journalist
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Adonias Filho
Brazilian author
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Alceu Amoroso Lima
Brazilian essayist, philosopher, and literary critic
andrade, mario de
Mário de Andrade
Brazilian writer
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Roberto Fernández Retamar
Cuban author and critic
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Cintio Vitier
Cuban writer
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Rachel de Queiroz
Brazilian novelist
Portrait of Cecilia Meireles in orange ink on a 100 Cruzeiros 1989 Brazilian banknote, surrounded by geometric and floral patterns.
Cecília Meireles
Brazilian poet
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
Samuel Johnson
English author
German dramatist and critic Gotthold Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German author
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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
French critic
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa smiling, shown in a close-up portrait with gray hair, wearing a suit and tie.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
H. L. Mencken stands on a staircase at his Baltimore home, holding a cigar and leaning on the banister, with framed pictures covering the wall behind him.
H.L. Mencken
American writer
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
Ernesto Sábato, 1985.
Ernesto Sábato
Argentine writer
Portrait of Gilbert Keith Chesterton wearing glasses and a suit, with a mustache and tousled hair, looking directly at the camera.
G.K. Chesterton
British author

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