José Lins do Rego
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José Lins do Rego Cavalcanti (July 3, 1901 – September 12, 1957) was a Brazilian novelist most known for his semi-autobiographical "sugarcane cycle." These novels were the basis of films that had distribution in the English-speaking world.
Cavalcanti was born in Pilar, Paraíba. Along with Graciliano Ramos and Jorge Amado he stands as one of the greatest regionalist writers of Brazil[1] According to Otto Maria Carpeaux, José Lins was "the last of the story tellers".[2] His first novel, Menino de Engenho ("Boy from the plantation"), was published with difficulty, but soon it got praised by the critics.[3] He died in Rio de Janeiro, aged 56.
Novels
[edit]- Menino de Engenho (1932)
- Doidinho (1933)
- Bangüê (1934)
- O Moleque Ricardo (1935)
- Usina (1936)
- Pureza (1937 English; "Purity")
- Pedra bonita (1938)
- Riacho doce (1939)
- Água-mãe (1941)
- Fogo morto (1943)
- Eurídice (1947)
- Cangaceiros (1953)
- Histórias da velha Totonha (1936)
- Gordos e magros (1942)
- Poesia e vida (1945)
- Homens, seres e coisas (1952)
- A casa e o homem (1954)
- Meus verdes anos (1956)
- Presença do Nordeste na literatura brasileira (1957)
- O vulcão e a fonte (1958)
- Dias idos e vividos (1981, posthumously)
- Mae de todos (1981, posthumously)
- Ligeiros Traços: escritos de juventude (2007)
Films based on his Novels
[edit]- Pureza, directed by Chianca de Garcia (1940).
- Plantation Boy, directed by Valter Lima (1965), based on Menino de Engenho novel.
- The Last Plantation, directed by Marcos Farias (1976), based on Fogo morto novel.
Translations
[edit]The "Academia Brasileira de Letras" points out that several Novels by José Lins do Rego have been translated internationally: Germany, Argentina, Spain, USA, France, England, Italy, Portugal, and Korea.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Braga-Pinto, César,"José Lins do Rego e as fronteiras da amizade: Doidinho". Revista Olho d'Água 4 (2 ) (on-line). São José do Rio Preto: 2012. p. 77-87.
- Braga-Pinto, César,“Ordem e tradição: a conversão regionalista de José Lins do Rego.” Revista do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros 52, Sept/March, 2011, p. 13-42.
- Braga-Pinto, César,“Homem de Palavra, Homem de Letras: Literatura e Responsabilidade na Obra de José Lins do Rego”. Luso Brazilian Review 42 (1), 2006.
- Braga-Pinto, César,“José Lins do Rego: sujeito aos ventos de Gilberto Freyre.” Revista de Critica Literaria Latinoamericana 59, 2004, p. 183-203.
- Braga-Pinto, César,13. “José Lins do Rego, o panfletário e o católico.” Introd. To Ligeiros Traços: escritos de juventude de José Lins do Rego. Rio de Janeiro: Editora José Olympio, 2007. 17-35
External links
[edit]- José Lins do Rego at IMDb
- Encyclopedia.com
- Site do Escritor, with bibliography and timeline of José Lins do Rego (in Portuguese)
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