Marques Rebelo, pseudonym of Edy Dias da Cruz (6 January 1907 — 26 August 1973), was a Brazilian writer associated to the Modernist movement.

Life

Edy Dias da Cruz was born in

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, in 1907. He spent his childhood in Barbacena, in the state of

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. There he studied and became an avid reader. He returned to Rio in 1918, to finish his secondary education. He later studied Medicine but did not finish the course, later working as a salesman. Adopting the pen name Marques Rebelo, he started submitting poems and short stories for magazines. In 1931 he published his first book, ''Oscarina'', a short story collection. The book was praised by the critics at the time. Rebelo worked for several newspapers and magazines and wrote a number of books, among them novels, short stories, and children's books. Despite being associated to the Brazilian Modernism, Rebelo's urban prose and social commentary owes much to writers like

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(of whom Rebelo wrote a biography),

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and

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. In 1965, Rebelo was nominated to the

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. Rebelo died on 26 August 1973.

Selceted works

* Oscarina, 1931 * Três caminhos, 1933 * Marafa, 1935 * A estrela sobe, 1939 * Stela me abriu a porta, 1942 * Vida e obra de Manuel Antônio de Almeida, 1943 * Cenas da vida brasileira, 1943 * Bibliografia de Manuel Antônio de Almeida, 1951 * Cortina de ferro, 1956 * Correio europeu, 1959 * O Trapicheiro, 1959 * A mudança, 1962 * O simples Coronel Madureira, 1967 * Antologia Escolar Brasileira, 1967 * Brasil, Terra & Alma: Guanabara, 1967 * A Guerra está entre nós, 1968 * Antologia Escolar Portuguesa, 1970

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rebelo, Marques 1907 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Brazilian male writers 20th-century Brazilian novelists 20th-century Brazilian short story writers Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian male novelists Brazilian male short story writers