Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna
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Belo Horizonte
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), is a Brazil
Brazil
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ian writer.
Background
He was a professor of Brazilian Literature at UCLA and the University of Texas at El PasoUniversity of Texas at El Paso
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, and a writer for the O Globo
O Globo
O Globo is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. O Globo is the most prominent print publication in the Marinho family's Brazilian media conglomerate....
newspaper. In 1971 he married Marina Colasanti
Marina Colasanti
Marina Colasanti is a Brazilian writer, translator and journalist.Her family moved from Italy to Brazil when World War II started, and there she studied Fine Arts and worked as a journalist and as a translator.-Prizes:*Uma idéia toda azul, 1978, O Melhor para o Jovem, da Fundação Nacional do Livro...
, a Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian journalist and writer. In 1984, he began writing for Jornal do Brasil
Jornal do Brasil
Jornal do Brasil, widely known as JB, is a daily newspaper published by Editora JB in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded in 1891 and is the third oldest existent Brazilian paper, after the Diário de Pernambuco and O Estado de São Paulo....
.
Works
- 1962 - O Desemprego da Poesia
- 1965 - Canto e Palavra (poem book)
- 1980 - Que país é este?
- 1986 - A Mulher Madura (book of articles for O GloboO GloboO Globo is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. O Globo is the most prominent print publication in the Marinho family's Brazilian media conglomerate....
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