Euclides da Cunha (Portuguese: January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer. His most important work is Os Sertões (Rebellion in the Backlands), a non-fictional account of the military expeditions promoted by the Brazilian government against the rebellious village of Canudos, known as the War of Canudos.
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Euclides Rodrigues Pimenta da Cunha 20 January 1866 Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Died |
15 August 1909 (aged 43) Piedade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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