Antonio Carlos Secchin () is a Brazilian writer and academic. He was born in

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on June 10, 1952, to Sives Secchin and Victoria Regia Fuzeira Secchin. Until the age of six, he lived in

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. Since 1959, he has lived in Rio de Janeiro. He obtained a PhD from the

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in 1982. He has served as a professor of Brazilian literature at the universities of Bordeaux (1975-1979), Rome (1985), Rennes (1991), Mérida (1999), Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle (2009) and at the Faculty of Letters at

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, where he was promoted in 1993 to the rank of full professor. In 2013, he became professor emeritus at UFRJ.

Literary awards

Secchin has won more than a dozen national awards, among them: * first place in the Essay category from the National Book Institute (1983); * Sílvio Romero Award, from the Brazilian Academy of Letters, 1985, for ''

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: a Poesia do Menos'' * Premio Alphonsus de Guimaraens Award, from the Fundação Biblioteca Nacional (2002) * Poetry Award of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (2003) * Prêmio Nacional do PEN Clube do Brasil (2003), for ''Todos os Ventos'' (best poetry book) Secchin is the seventh occupant of Chair No. 19 of the

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, to which he was elected on June 3, 2004, in succession to Marcos Almir Madeira. He was received on August 6, 2004 by academic

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References

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