Guimarães Rosa

João Guimarães Rosa (27 June 1908 – 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, novelist, short story writer and doctor, considered by many to be the greatest Brazilian writer of the 20th century and one of the greatest of all time. Rosa only wrote one novel, Grande Sertão: Veredas (known in English as The Devil to Pay in the Backlands), a revolutionary text for its blend of archaic and colloquial prose and frequent use of neologisms, taking inspiration from the spoken language of the Brazilian backlands. For its profoundly philosophical themes, the critic Antonio Candido described the book as a "metaphysical novel". It is often considered to be the Brazilian equivalent of James Joyce's Ulysses. In a 2002, poll by the Bokklubben World Library, "Grande Sertão: Veredas" was named among the best 100 books of all time. Rosa also published four books of short stories in his lifetime, all of them revolving around the life in the sertão, but also addressing themes of universal literature and of existential nature. He died in 1967 — the year he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature — due to a heart attack. (Wikipedia)

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Mutum

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7.5

15 votes

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Nov 15, 2007

18 years ago
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga

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7.1

11 votes

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Jul 16, 1965

61 years ago
The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga

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7.9

10 votes

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Jan 02, 2011

15 years ago
Great Sertão

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7.1

9 votes

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Jun 06, 2024

1 year ago
Cabaret Mineiro

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4.1

8 votes

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Mar 30, 1981

45 years ago
Noites do Sertão

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3.8

5 votes

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Aug 26, 1984

42 years ago
The Third Bank of the River

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5.4

5 votes

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Feb 20, 1994

32 years ago
Grande Sertão

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4.8

4 votes

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Jan 01, 1965

62 years ago
Sagarana: O Duelo

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5.5

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Aug 26, 1974

52 years ago
Meus Dois Amores

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2.5

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Feb 19, 2015

11 years ago
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands

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7.0

1 votes

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Oct 08, 2023

2 years ago
Sorôco, Sua Mãe, Sua Filha

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Jan 01, 1975

52 years ago
Corpo Fechado

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Jan 01, 1975

52 years ago
Sertão: Veredas

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Oct 21, 2008

17 years ago
A João Guimarães Rosa

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Jan 01, 1968

59 years ago
Outras Estórias

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Jan 01, 1999

27 years ago
Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim

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Jan 01, 1980

46 years ago
Famigerado

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Jan 01, 1991

35 years ago
Rio de Janeiro, Minas

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Apr 02, 1991

35 years ago
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Jan 01, 2003

23 years ago

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