Jo茫o Guimar茫es Rosa (Author of Grande Sert茫o)

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Jo茫o Guimar茫es Rosa

Born

in Cordisburgo, Brazil

June 27, 1908

Died

November 19, 1967

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Jo茫o Guimar茫es Rosa (27 June 1908 - 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian novelist, considered by many to be one of the greatest Brazilian novelists born in the 20th century. His best-known work is the novel Grande Sert茫o: Veredas (translated as The Devil to Pay in the Backlands). Some people consider this to be the Brazilian equivalent of Ulysses.

Guimar茫es Rosa was born in Cordisburgo in the state of Minas Gerais, the first of six children of Florduardo Pinto Rosa (nicknamed "seu Ful么") and D. Francisca Guimar茫es Rosa ("Chiquitinha").
He was self-taught in many areas and from childhood studied many languages, starting with French before he was seven years old.
Still a child, he moved to his grandparents' house in Belo Horizonte, where he finishe Jo茫o Guimar茫es Rosa (27 June 1908 - 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian novelist, considered by many to be one of the greatest Brazilian novelists born in the 20th century. His best-known work is the novel Grande Sert茫o: Veredas (translated as The Devil to Pay in the Backlands). Some people consider this to be the Brazilian equivalent of Ulysses.

Guimar茫es Rosa was born in Cordisburgo in the state of Minas Gerais, the first of six children of Florduardo Pinto Rosa (nicknamed "seu Ful么") and D. Francisca Guimar茫es Rosa ("Chiquitinha").
He was self-taught in many areas and from childhood studied many languages, starting with French before he was seven years old.
Still a child, he moved to his grandparents' house in Belo Horizonte, where he finished primary school. He began his secondary schooling at the Santo Ant么nio College in S茫o Jo茫o del Rei, but soon returned to Belo Horizonte, where he graduated. In 1925, at only 16, he applied for what was then called the College of Medicine of Minas Gerais University.
On June 27, 1930, he married L铆gia Cabral Penna, a girl of only 16, with whom he had two daughters, Vilma and Agnes. In that same year he graduated and began his medical practice in Itaguara, then in the municipality of Itauna, in Minas Gerais, where he stayed about two years. It is in this town that he had his first contact with elements from the sert茫o (semi-arid Brazilian outback), which would serve as reference and inspiration in many of his works.
Back in Itaguara, Guimar茫es Rosa served as a volunteer doctor of the Public Force (For莽a P煤blica) in the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932, heading to the so-called Tunel sector in Passa-Quatro, Minas Gerais, where he came into contact with the future president Juscelino Kubitschek, at that time the chief doctor of the Blood Hospital. Later he became a civil servant through examination. In 1933, he went to Barbacena in the position of Doctor of the 9th Armed Battalion (Official M茅dico do 9潞 Batalh茫o de Infantaria). Most of his life was spent as a Brazilian diplomat in Europe and Latin America. In 1938 he served as assistant-Consul im Hamburg, Germany, wher he met his future second wife, the Righteous Among the Nations Aracy de Carvalho Guimar茫es Rosa
In 1963, he was chosen by unanimous vote to enter the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Letters) in his second candidacy. After postponing for 4 years, he finally assumed his position only in 1967: just three days before passing away in the city of Rio de Janeiro, victim of a heart attack. His masterpiece is The Devil to Pay in the Backlands. In this novel, Riobaldo, a jagun莽o is torn between two loves: Diadorim, supposedly another jagun莽o, and Otac铆lia, an ordinary beauty from the backlands. Following his own existential quest, he contemplates making a deal with Lucifer in order to eliminate Hermogenes, his nemesis. One could say that Sert茫o (the backlands) represents the whole Universe and the mission of Riobaldo is to pursue its travessia, or crossing, seeking answers for the metaphysical questions faced by mankind. In this sense he is an incarnation of the classical hero in the Brazilian backlands.
Guimaraes Rosa died at the summit of his diplomatic and literary career. He was 59.
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	Grande Sert茫o: Veredas 4.61 avg rating — 5,934 ratings — published 1956 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sagarana by Jo茫o Guimar茫es Rosa, Adriana Toledo de Almeida (Translator) 4.27 avg rating — 3,050 ratings — published 1946 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Manuelz茫o e Miguilim 4.29 avg rating — 1,016 ratings — published 1956 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Grande Sert茫o: Veredas (Graphic Novel) by Jo茫o Guimar茫es Rosa (Authhor), Eloar Guazzelli Filho (roteiro), Rodrigo Rosa (arte) 4.52 avg rating — 137 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The master is not the one who teaches; it's the one who suddenly learns.”
― Joao Guimaraes Rosa, Grande Sertao: Veredas

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“O mais importante e bonito, do mundo, 茅 isto: que as pessoas n茫o est茫o sempre iguais, ainda n茫o foram terminadas 鈥� mas que elas v茫o sempre mudando. (...) Natureza da gente n茫o cabe em nenhuma certeza.”
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“Viver - n茫o 茅? - 茅 muito perigoso. Porque ainda n茫o se sabe. Porque aprender-a-viver 茅 que 茅 o viver, mesmo.”
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