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Érico Veríssimo

Drawing by André Koehne
Born December 17, 1905(1905-12-17)
Cruz Alta
Died November 28, 1975 (aged 69)
Porto Alegre
Occupation novelist, short story writer
Nationality Brazilian
Writing period 1933-1975
Literary movement Modernist
Children Luis Fernando Verissimo
Influences

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Four of Veríssimo's works, Time and the Wind, Night, Mexico, and His Excellency, the Ambassador, were translated into the English language by Linton Lomas Barrett. O Senhor Embaixador ( His Excellency the Ambassador) is a Novel by Erico Verissimo, about the history of the fictional Republic of Sacramento English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Linton Lomas Barrett, PhD ( 1 September 1904 &ndash 8 March 1972) was an influential educator administrator diplomat editor and translator

He was the father of another famous writer of Rio Grande do Sul, Luis Fernando Veríssimo. Luís Fernando Veríssimo (born September 26 1936 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian Writer.

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Biography

Érico Veríssimo was the son of Sebastião Veríssimo da Fonseca and Abegahy Lopes Veríssimo. He was born into a wealthy family that went bankrupt, and consequentially didn't manage to complete secondary school because of the need to work. Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes

Veríssimo settled in Cruz Alta as the owner of a drugstore, but was unsuccessful. Cruz Alta may refer to Cruz Alta Córdoba Province Argentina Cruz Alta Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina He then moved to Porto Alegre in 1930, willing to live solely by selling his writing. Porto Alegre ( is the 10th largest city in Brazil, and the capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. There he began to live around writers of renown, such as Mário Quintana, Augusto Meyer, Guilhermino César and others. Mario de Miranda Quintana ( July 30, 1906 &mdash May 5, 1994) was a Brazilian Writer. Augusto Meyer (born in Porto Alegre on January 24, 1902; died in Rio de Janeiro on July 10, 1970) was a Brazilian poet In the following year, he was hired to occupy the position of secretary of edition of the Revista do Globo, of which he would become editor in 1933. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He then undertook the whole editorial project at Editora Globo, propelling its nationwide fame. The Editora Globo is a respected Brazilian publishing house property of Fundação Roberto Marinho.

He publish his first work, Fantoches ("Puppets"), in 1932, with a sequence of short stories, mostly in the form of short plays. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters The following year, he saw his first great success with the romance Clarissa. A romance novel is a literary Genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries

Veríssimo married in 1931 to Mafalda Volpe and had two children, Luis Fernando Veríssimo, also a writer, and Clarissa. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Luís Fernando Veríssimo (born September 26 1936 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian Writer.

In 1943 he moved with his family to the US, where he gave lessons on Brazilian Literature in the University of Berkeley, until 1945. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Literature of Brazil refers to literature written in the Portuguese language by Brazilians or in Brazil, even if prior to Brazil's independence from Portugal The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Between 1953 and 1956 he was director of the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Organization of American States, in Washington, DC. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Organization of American States ( OAS, or as it is known in the three other official languages OEA) is an International organization, headquartered Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D From these trips and from the stay in the US, two books originated: Gato Preto em Campo de Neve ("Black Cat in a Snow Field") in 1941, and A Volta do Gato Preto ("The Return of the Black Cat") in 1947. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

His historical trilogy O Tempo e o Vento ("The Time and the Wind") is considered as his greatest work, written in the period of 1949-1961, from which arose primordial characters such as Ana Terra and Capitão Rodrigo that went on to become popular amongst his readers. An historical novel is a Novel in which the story is set among historical events or more generally in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the Author O Tempo e o Vento ( Time and the Wind) is a series of Novels written by the Brazilian Author Erico Verissimo. Magnum opus (sometimes Opus magnum, plural magna opera) from the Latin meaning great work, refers to the best the greatest Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

In 1965 Veríssimo published the romance O Senhor Embaixador ("His Excellency, the Ambassador"), in which he reflected upon the deviations of Latin America. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.

In the romance Incidente em Antares ("Incident in Antares"), written in 1971, he traces a parallel with Brazilian politics with the use of fantasy, with the rebellion of corpses during a strike of the gravekeepers, in the fictitious city of Antares. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting

After suffering from a heart attack in 1975, Veríssimo was unable to complete the second volume of his autobiography entitled Solo de Clarineta ("Clarinet Solo"), which was intended to be a trilogy, apart from a romance which would be entitled A Hora do Sétimo Anjo ("The Hour of the Last Angel"). Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write"

Works

His works have been compiled in three different occasions:

1957 U.S. paperback of Evil in the Night, the English translation of Noite
1957 U. S. paperback of Evil in the Night, the English translation of Noite

Érico Veríssimo's books have been translated to German, Spanish, Finnish, French, Dutch, Hungarian, Indonesian, English, Italian, Japan, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian and Czech. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Indonesian or Bahasa Indonesia, based on the Riau version of Malay language, was declared the official language with the declaration of English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Czech (ˈʧɛk čeština ˈʧɛʃcɪna in Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers it is the majority language in the

Short Stories

Romances

Novels

Children's literature

Travel literature

Autobiographies

Essays

Biographies

Translations

Romances
Short Stories
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