Lima Barreto
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1881
- Died
- 1922
- Works
- 62
Top works
- Clara dos Anjos
- O Homem que sabia javanês
- Marginália
- Diário íntimo
- O triste fim de Policarpo Quaresma
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Writing · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (13 May 1881 – 1 November 1922) was a Brazilian novelist and journalist. A major figure in Brazilian Pre-Modernism, he is famous for the novel Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, a bitter satire of the early years of the First Brazilian Republic. He was born on a Friday the 13th, considered superstitiously to be an unlucky day, but which he personally considered to…
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- Listeners
- 113
- Total plays
- 695
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Key dates
- Born
- 13 May 1881
- Died
- 1 November 1922
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro
- Occupation
- novelist
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Image
- Lima Barreto - detalhe da ficha da primeira internação manicomial.png