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Lima Barreto Afonso Henriques de
(1881—1922)

Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto was a Brazilian author, who wrote one of the country's classics, Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma or Tragic death of..., describing the adventures of a music- and book-loving odd-ball confronted with Brazil's peculiarities at the turn of the century. Lima Barreto was born in Rio de Janeiro to a poor family of mixed... More...

Brazil, 1981, Lima Barreto