João Simões Lopes Neto (March 9, 1865 – June 14, 1916) was a Brazilian regionalist writer from

Pelotas Pelotas () is a Brazilian city and Municipalities of Brazil, municipality (''município''), the fourth Largest cities in Rio Grande do Sul by population, most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, after Porto Alegre, Caxias do Su ...

, Rio Grande do Sul. After some unsuccessful business ventures, Neto married at 27. He only wrote four significant works, but nevertheless made a strong contribution to Brazilian literature, specifically regionalist writing known as

Criollismo ''Criollismo'' () is a literary movement that was active from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century throughout Hispanic America. It is considered the Hispanic counterpart to American literary regionalism. Using a realis ...

in Latin America. Neto died of a

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in 1916 at age 51.

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* * * http://mitoblogos.blogspot.com/2008/05/genealogia-179-ancestrais-de-joo-simes.html (The ancestors of João Simões Lopes Neto) 1865 births 1916 deaths People from Pelotas Culture in Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian male writers {{Brazil-writer-stub