Otto Lara Resende (1 May 1922 – 28 December 1992) was a Brazilian journalist and writer.

Biography

Resende began teaching French at age fourteen and at eighteen years old began working as a journalist in the Belo Horizonte newspaper ''O Diário''. In his career he worked at literary supplement of ''Diário de Minas''. In Rio de Janeiro, Resende worked for the ''Diário de Notícias'', ''

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'', ''Diário Carioca'', ''Correio da Manhã'', '' Última Hora'' and '' Jornal do Brasil'' newspapers, '' Manchete'' and ''

Senhor ''Senhor'' (, abb. ''Sr.''; plural: ''senhores'', abb. ''Sr.es'' or ''Srs.''), from the Latin ''Senior'' (comparative of '' Senex'', "old man"), is the Portuguese word for lord, sir or mister. Its feminine form is ''senhora'' (, abb. ''Sr.a'' ...

'' magazines, and

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. He graduated in law from the

Federal University of Minas Gerais The Federal University of Minas Gerais ( pt, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, UFMG) is a federalIn the Brazilian Higher Education context, ''Federal'' does not mean ''collegiate'' (even though most Federal Universities in Brazil enjoy a sim ...

. On 3 July 1979 Resende was elected to the

Brazilian Academy of Letters The Academia Brasileira de Letras (ABL) ( English: ''Brazilian Academy of Letters'') is a Brazilian literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century. The first president, Machado de Assis, declared its foundation on Tue ...

, taking the chair 39, vacant by the death of Elmano Cardim.

Works

*''O lado humano'' (short stories, 1952) *''Boca do inferno'' (short stories, 1957 e 1998) *''O retrato na gaveta'' (short stories, 1962) *''O braço direito'' (novel, 1964) *''A cilada'' (short stories, 1965, published in "Os sete pecados capitais) *''As pompas do mundo'' (short stories, 1975) *''O elo partido e outras histórias'' (short stories, 1991) *''Bom dia para nascer'' (Columns at Folha de S. Paulo, 1993) *''O príncipe e o sabiá e outros perfis'' (História, 1994) *''A testemunha silenciosa'' (novellas, 1995).

References

External links

Academia Brasileira de Letras profile
1922 births 1992 deaths Brazilian journalists People from São João del-Rei 20th-century journalists {{Brazil-journalist-stub