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Guimarães Rosa
Cordisburgo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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 writ…
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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)
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2026
Sagarana
Movie Writer
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2025
Grande Sertão
TV show Original Story
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2024
Great Sertão
Movie Novel
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2023
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
Movie Original Story
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2015
Meus Dois Amores
Movie Original Story
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2013
Outro Sertão
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2011
The Time and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Movie Original Story
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2008
Sertão: Veredas
Movie Novel
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2007
Mutum
Movie Book
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2003
Desenredo
Movie Original Story
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1999
Outras Estórias
Movie Original Story
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1994
The Third Bank of the River
Movie Novel
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1991
Rio de Janeiro, Minas
Movie Original Story
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1991
Famigerado
Movie Original Story
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1985
Grande Sertão: Veredas
TV show Novel
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1984
Noites do Sertão
Movie Original Story
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1981
Cabaret Mineiro
Movie Original Story
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1980
Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim
Movie Original Story
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1975
Corpo Fechado
Movie Original Story
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1975
Sorôco, Sua Mãe, Sua Filha
Movie Original Story
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1974
Sagarana: O Duelo
Movie Original Story
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1968
A João Guimarães Rosa
Movie Original Story
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1965
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
Movie Original Story
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1965
Grande Sertão
Movie Original Story
