About

Known credits:
23
Birthday:
1908-06-27
Place of birth:
Cordisburgo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Guimarães Rosa

Overview

João Guimarães Rosa (27 June 1908 – 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, novelist, short story writer and doctor, considered by many to be the greatest Brazilian writer of the 20th century and one of the greatest of all time. Rosa only wrote one novel, Grande Sertão: Veredas (known in English as The Devil to Pay in the Backlands), a revolutionary text for its blend of archaic and colloquial prose and frequent use of neologisms, taking inspiration from the spoken language of the Brazilian backlands. For its profoundly philosophical themes, the critic Antonio Candido described the book as a "metaphysical novel". It is often considered to be the Brazilian equivalent of James Joyce's Ulysses. In a 2002, poll by the Bokklubben World Library, "Grande Sertão: Veredas" was named among the best 100 books of all time. Rosa also published four books of short stories in his lifetime, all of them revolving around the life in the sertão, but also addressing themes of universal literature and of existential nature. He died in 1967 — the year he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature — due to a heart attack. (Wikipedia)

Known for

Acting
2013 Outro Sertão Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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Writing
2025 Grande Sertão Writing Original Story N/A
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2024 Great Sertão Writing Novel 58
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2023 The Devil to Pay in the Backlands Writing Original Story N/A
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2015 Meus Dois Amores Writing Original Story 58
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2011 The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga Writing Original Story 59
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2008 Sertão: Veredas Writing Novel N/A
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2007 Mutum Writing Book 59
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2003 Desenredo Writing Original Story N/A
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1999 Outras Estórias Writing Original Story N/A
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1994 The Third Bank of the River Writing Novel 58
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1991 Rio de Janeiro, Minas Writing Original Story N/A
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1991 Famigerado Writing Original Story N/A
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1985 Grande Sertão: Veredas Writing Novel N/A
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1984 Noites do Sertão Writing Original Story 58
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1981 Cabaret Mineiro Writing Original Story 58
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1980 Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim Writing Original Story N/A
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1975 Corpo Fechado Writing Original Story N/A
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1975 Sorôco, Sua Mãe, Sua Filha Writing Original Story N/A
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1974 Sagarana: O Duelo Writing Original Story 58
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1968 A João Guimarães Rosa Writing Original Story N/A
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1965 The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga Writing Original Story 59
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1965 Grande Sertão Writing Original Story 58
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