Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (13 May 1881 – 1 November 1922) was a Brazilian novelist and journalist. A major figure in Brazilian Pre-Modernism, he is famous for the novel Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, a bitter satire of the first years of the República Velha in Brazil.
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Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto 13 May 1881 Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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1 November 1922 (aged 41) Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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