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Lima Barreto

Lima Barreto, Brazilian journalist and author (died 1922)

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Born
May 13, 1881
Died
November 1, 1922
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1881

About Lima Barreto

Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto 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 early years of the First Brazilian Republic. In 1911 he founded, together with some friends, the periodical Floreal. In 1909 he published his first novel, Recordações do Escrivão Isaías Caminha, a scathing and semi-autobiographical satire of the Brazilian society. However, his masterpiece is generally considered to be Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, first serialized in 1911, in the feuilleton form, then published in hardcover form in 1915.

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Lima Barreto timeline

  1. In 1909 he published his first novel, Recordações do Escrivão Isaías Caminha, a scathing and semi-autobiographical satire of the Brazilian society.
  2. In 1911 he founded, together with some friends, the periodical Floreal.
  3. However, his masterpiece is generally considered to be Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, first serialized in 1911, in the feuilleton form, then published in hardcover form in 1915.

The world when Lima Barreto was born

Lima Barreto was born in 1881. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePresident Garfield assassinated
  • Technology milestoneFirst electric power plant (Godalming, England)
  • World population~1.41B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames A. Garfield / Chester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population51.0M

1881 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Lima Barreto's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18812026
Population51.0M341 million

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