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Érico Lopes Veríssimo

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Born:
Dec. 17, 1905, Cruz Alta, Braz.
Died:
Nov. 28, 1975, Porto Alegre (aged 69)

Érico Lopes Veríssimo (born Dec. 17, 1905, Cruz Alta, Braz.—died Nov. 28, 1975, Porto Alegre) was a novelist, literary historian, and critic whose writings in Portuguese and in English on Brazilian literature introduced readers throughout the world both to the literary currents of modern Brazil and to his country’s social order and cultural heritage. Born into an old Portuguese family of Rio Grande do Sul, Veríssimo interrupted his schooling because of family financial losses and worked as a clerk in a store and in a bank and as a partner in a pharmacy before becoming assistant editor of a publishing ...(100 of 287 words)

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