Lima Barreto
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Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (May 13, 1881 – November 1, 1922) was a Brazilian author, who wrote one of the country's classics, Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma or Tragic death of..., describing the adventures of a music- and book-loving odd-ball confronted with Brazil's peculiarities at the turn of the century.
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[edit] Life
Lima Barreto was born in Rio de Janeiro to a poor family of mixed race (mulatto). He became a public servant and wrote as a journalist and novelist at the same time. He led a life affected by alcoholism and psychiatric inverventions.
A sharp social critic, his novel Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, takes up the 1910 Sailors’ "Revolt Against the Lash", & has gone through many printings.
An anarchist, his journalistic pieces included writing for the labor & anarchist press, such as "A Plebe, "A Voz do Trabalhador" & "A Lanterna."
Baretto died from a heart attack at the age of 41.
[edit] Works
- Recordações do Escrivão Isaías Caminha (1909)
- Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma (1915)
- Clara do Anjos (1948, posthumous)
- Os bruzundangas
- "A Nova Califórnia" (short story)
- Clara do Anjos (1948)
[edit] Sources
[edit] External Links
- Anarchist Encyclopedia
- Ephéméride Anarchiste (in French)
