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José Lins do Rego Cavalcanti (July 3, 1901 – September 12, 1957) was a Brazilian novelist most known for his semi-autobiographical "sugarcane cycle." These novels were the basis of films that had distribution in the English-speaking world. Cavalcanti was born in Pilar, Paraíba. Along with Graciliano Ramos and
Jorge Amado Jorge Amado ( 10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, includi ...
he stands as one of the greatest regionalist writers of
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Hafez, 1997, p.13 According to Otto Maria Carpeaux, José Lins was "the last of the story tellers".CARPEAUX, 1980, citado por Hafez, 1997, p.19 His first novel, Menino de Engenho ("Boy from the plantation"), was published with difficulty, but soon it got praised by the critics.Hafez, 1997, p.10 He died in
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, aged 56.


Novels

*'' Menino de Engenho'' (1932) *''Doidinho'' (1933) *''Bangüê'' (1934) *''O Moleque Ricardo'' (1935) *''Usina'' (1936) *'' Pureza'' (1937 English; "Purity") *''Pedra bonita'' (1938) *''Riacho doce'' (1939) *''Água-mãe'' (1941) *''Fogo morto'' (1943) *''Eurídice'' (1947) *''Cangaceiros'' (1953) *''Histórias da velha Totonha'' (1936) *''Gordos e magros'' (1942) *''Poesia e vida'' (1945) *''Homens, seres e coisas'' (1952) *''A casa e o homem'' (1954) *''Meus verdes anos'' (1956) *''Presença do Nordeste na literatura brasileira'' (1957) *''O vulcão e a fonte'' (1958) *''Dias idos e vividos'' (1981, posthumously) *''Mae de todos'' (1981, posthumously) *''Ligeiros Traços: escritos de juventude'' (2007)


Films based on his Novels

*''Pureza'', directed by Chianca de Garcia (1940). *''Plantation Boy'', directed by Valter Lima (1965), based on '' Menino de Engenho'' novel. *'' The Last Plantation'', directed by Marcos Farias (1976), based on ''Fogo morto'' novel.


Translations

The "Academia Brasileira de Letras" points out that several Novels by José Lins do Rego have been translated internationally: Germany, Argentina, Spain, USA, France, England, Italy, Portugal, and Korea.


References


Further reading

* Braga-Pinto, César,"José Lins do Rego e as fronteiras da amizade: Doidinho". Revista Olho d'Água 4 (2 ) (on-line). São José do Rio Preto: 2012. p. 77-87. * Braga-Pinto, César,“Ordem e tradição: a conversão regionalista de José Lins do Rego.” Revista do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros 52, Sept/March, 2011, p. 13-42. * Braga-Pinto, César,“Homem de Palavra, Homem de Letras: Literatura e Responsabilidade na Obra de José Lins do Rego”. Luso Brazilian Review 42 (1), 2006. * Braga-Pinto, César,“José Lins do Rego: sujeito aos ventos de Gilberto Freyre.” Revista de Critica Literaria Latinoamericana 59, 2004, p. 183-203. * Braga-Pinto, César,13. “José Lins do Rego, o panfletário e o católico.” Introd. To Ligeiros Traços: escritos de juventude de José Lins do Rego. Rio de Janeiro: Editora José Olympio, 2007. 17-35


External links

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