Rubem Braga (12 January 1913 – 19 December 1990) was a Brazilian writer of ''
crônicas''. He was born in
Cachoeiro de Itapemirim city, state of
Espírito Santo.
Braga was raised in his hometown, but at an early age was sent to the city of
Niterói
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by his parents, to live with relatives. He attended
law school
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Law degrees Argentina
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in Rio de Janeiro, but graduated in
Minas Gerais, in the year of 1932, after having acted as a
field reporter for the ''
Diários Associados'' during the
Revolução Constitucionalista.
During
World War II he was a
war correspondent along
Brazilian forces for the Brazilian newspaper ''
Diário Carioca
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in Italy. He subsequently returned to Brazil, taking definitive residence in Rio de Janeiro. Braga was arrested several times by the Nationalist
military government
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of the time.
His first book ''O Conde e o Passarinho'' was published in 1936, when he was 22. He is one of few Brazilian writers to get recognition by writing short stories. Braga founded, together with
Fernando Sabino and