Waldomiro Freitas Autran Dourado (1926 – September 30, 2012) was a Brazilian

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. Dourado was born in

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, state of

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. Going against current trends in Brazilian literature, Dourado's works display much concern with literary form, with many obscure words and expressions. Minas Gerais is the setting for most of Dourado's books, resembling the early to mid-20th century regionalist trend in Brazilian literature. Most literary critics consider Dourado's work to have similarities to

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literature. In 1982, Dourado won the

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. In 2000, Dourado won the

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, the most important literary prize in the

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. In 2001, Brazilian filmmaker

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released the film '' Uma Vida em Segredo''. It was based on the novel of same title by Autran Dourado. Dourado died of

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on September 30, 2012, in

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. He was 86 years old.

Selected novels

* ''Uma Vida em Segredo'' 1964 - translated as ''A Hidden Life'' * ''Ópera dos Mortos'' 1967 - translated as ''Voices of the Dead'' * ''O Risco do Bordado'' 1970 - translated as ''Pattern for a Tapestry'' * ''Os Sinos da Agonia'' 1974 - translated as ''Bells of Agony'' * ''Ópera dos Fantoches'' 1995 * ''As Imaginações Pecaminosas'' (Jabuti Prize 1982) * ''A Serviço Del-Rei'' 1984 * ''Confissões de Narciso'' 1997 Novels with English translations are posted above with their American titles.

Reviews

* McCabe, Brian (1981), review of ''The Voices of the Dead'', in ''

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'' No. 6, Autumn 1981, p. 42

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* 1926 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Brazilian novelists 20th-century Brazilian male writers Brazilian male novelists Camões Prize winners Deaths from gastrointestinal hemorrhage People from Patos de Minas {{Brazil-writer-stub