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Born January 10, 1887 • Brazil
Died March 10, 1980 (aged 93) • Rio de Janeiro • Brazil
Notable Works “Trash”
Movement / Style Northeastern school • regionalism
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Rachel de Queiroz
Brazilian novelist
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Graciliano Ramos
Brazilian author
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Jorge de Lima
Brazilian author
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José Lins do Rego
Brazilian novelist
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Bernardo Guimarães
Brazilian author
Paulo Coelho smiling in a close-up portrait, wearing a black jacket, with photographers and camera flashes in the blurred background at the Cannes Film Festival.
Paulo Coelho
Brazilian author
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Rubem Fonseca
Brazilian author
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Nélida Piñon
Brazilian author
Portrait of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis wearing glasses and a dark suit, with a full beard and mustache, looking directly at the camera.
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Brazilian author
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Clarice Lispector
Brazilian author
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Ariano Suassuna
Brazilian writer
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Érico Lopes Veríssimo
Brazilian author
Andrade, Oswald de
Oswald de Andrade
Brazilian author
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Adonias Filho
Brazilian author
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José Pereira da Graça Aranha
Brazilian author and diplomat
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Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto
Brazilian author
andrade, mario de
Mário de Andrade
Brazilian writer
José de Alencar.
José de Alencar
Brazilian author
João Guimarães Rosa, 1950s.
João Guimarães Rosa
Brazilian author
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Osman Lins
Brazilian writer