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Born	January 12, 1913 • Cachoeiro de Itapemirim • Brazil
Died	December 19, 1990 (aged 77) • Rio de Janeiro • Brazil

Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Brazilian poet and journalist

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Afrânio Coutinho

Brazilian writer and literary critic

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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

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Adonias Filho

Brazilian author

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Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto

Brazilian author

José de Alencar.

José de Alencar

Brazilian author

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Cassiano Ricardo

Brazilian poet, critic, and journalist

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Augusto de Campos

Brazilian poet and critic

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

Gilberto Freyre

Gilberto Freyre

Brazilian sociologist

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Érico Lopes Veríssimo

Brazilian author

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Basílio da Gama

Brazilian poet

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Gregório de Matos Guerra

Brazilian poet

Andrade, Oswald de

Oswald de Andrade

Brazilian author