Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (May 13, 1881 — November 1, 1922) was a Brazilian novelist and journalist. A major figure on the Brazilian Pre-Modernism, he is famous for the novel Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, a bitter satire of the first years of the República Velha in Brazil.
May 13, 1881, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died
November 1, 1922, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Place Of Birth
Casa Branca, São Paulo, Brazil
Profession
Writer, Director, Actor
Star Sign
Cancer
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Brazilian director, a former actor and journalist. Began making documentaries in the 1940's and later directed his country's first internationally acclaimed feature film Cangaceiro (1953).
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