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This is a list of Brazilian writers, those born in Brazil or who have established citizenship or residency. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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Jorge Amado (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʒɔɦ.ʒj‿aˈma.du] 10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, including Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands in 1976, and having been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 7 ...
With the beginning of the Brazilian avant-garde and the return of artists to the country, the necessity of organizing events to disseminate new ideas became a concern for them. In this context, the Modern Art Week took place in 1922, scheduled to commemorate the centenary of independence. Considered a milestone of Modernism in the country and ...
Jorge Amado, one of best-known of modern Brazilian writers, tried with his novels to approximate his works to a proletarian literature, he himself was a member of the communist party which defended Socialist realism at the time. Rachel de Queiroz, and José Lins do Rego were other important writers of this generation.
Writers Guild of America (3 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Guilds in the United States" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
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Michael Lee Conniff (born 1942) is a historian of Latin America, who specializes on modern Brazil and Panama. Between 2002 and 2012 he also created and directed the Global Studies program and afterward served as professor of history at San Jose State University, California.