Real Brazilian Portuguese & Culture
Luis Fernando Verissimo Luís Fernando Veríssimo (born September 26, 1936 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian writer. Verissimo is the son of Brazilian writer Erico Verissimo and lived with his father in the United States during his childhood. Verissimo states that he had tried many things before writing. In a lecture for the students of journalism at Unisinos, Verissimo said that “at the [...]
Carlos Drummond de Andrde Carlos Drummond de Andrde (October 31, 1902 -August 17, 1987) was perhaps the most influential Brazilian poet of the 20th century. He has become something of a national poet; his poem “Canção Amiga” (“Friendly Song”) was printed on the 50 cruzados note. Drummond was born in Itabira, a mining village in Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. His parents were farmers of Portuguese ancestry [...]
Jorge Amado - Son of Bahia Jorge Amado de Faria (August 10, 1912 – August 6, 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, his work having been translated into some 30 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos) in 1978. His work dealt largely with the poor [...]
Reading Books By Brazilian Authors I found this interesting article Via Brazzil Mag about how a recent boom in world interest in Brazil has lead to more translations of Brazilian authors. One Brazilian author whose works have already been translated for years and years is Paulo Coelho. If you haven’t read anything by Paulo Coelho, I would [...]
Ariano Suassuna – Brazil’s Best Playwright Ariano Suassuna (born João Pessoa, 1927) is a Brazilian playwright and author. Four of his plays have been filmed and he is considered one of Brazil’s greatest living playwrights. He is also an important regional writer doing various novels set in the Northeast of Brazil. He received an honorary doctorate at a ceremony [...]
Guimarães Rosa – Grande Sertão: Veredas João Guimarães Rosa (27th June 1908 – 19th November 1967) is regarded as one of the greatest Brazilian writers. The eldest of six children, he was born in the small, remote town of Cordisburgo in Minas Gerais, but later moved to Belo Horizonte, the state capital, where he studied medicine at [...]
