Lima Barreto

Writer, Author

1881 – 1922

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Who was Lima Barreto?

Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto was a Brazilian novelist and journalist. A major figure on the Brazilian Pre-Modernism, he is famous for the novel Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, a bitter satire of the first years of the República Velha in Brazil.

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Born
May 13, 1881
Rio de Janeiro
Nationality
  • Brazil
Profession
Died
Nov 1, 1922
Rio de Janeiro

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on July 23, 2013

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