
Guimarães Rosa
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-06-27
Day of Death
1967-11-19 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Cordisburgo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Guimarães Rosa
Biography
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
as Self (archive footage)
Crew
(2024)
Great Sertão
Novel
(2023)
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
Original Story
(2015)
Meus Dois Amores
Original Story
(2011)
The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Original Story
(2008)
Sertão: Veredas
Novel
(2007)
Mutum
Book
(2003)
Desenredo
Original Story
(1999)
Outras Estórias
Original Story
(1994)
(1991)
Famigerado
Original Story
(1991)
Rio de Janeiro, Minas
Original Story
(1984)
Noites do Sertão
Original Story
(1981)
Cabaret Mineiro
Original Story
(1980)
Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim
Original Story
(1975)
Sorôco, Sua Mãe, Sua Filha
Original Story
(1975)
Corpo Fechado
Original Story
(1974)
Sagarana: O Duelo
Original Story
(1968)
A João Guimarães Rosa
Original Story
(1965)
Grande Sertão
Original Story
(1965)
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Original Story