Waldomiro Freitas Autran Dourado (1926 – September 30, 2012) was a Brazilian
novelist.
Dourado was born in
Patos de Minas, state of
Minas Gerais. Going against current trends in Brazilian literature, Dourado's works display much concern with literary form, with many obscure words and expressions. Minas Gerais is the setting for most of Dourado's books, resembling the early to mid-20th century
regionalist trend in Brazilian literature. Most literary critics consider Dourado's work to have similarities to
Baroque
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literature.
In 1982, Dourado won the
Jabuti Prize
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.
In 2000, Dourado won the
Camões Prize, the most important literary prize in the
Portuguese language.
In 2001, Brazilian filmmaker
Suzana Amaral released the film ''
Uma Vida em Segredo
''A Hidden Life'' ( pt, Uma Vida em Segredo) is a 2001 Brazilian drama film directed by Suzana Amaral.
Cast
* Sabrina Greve as Biela
* Eliane Giardini as Constança
* Cacá Carvalho as Conrado
* João Antônio as Dr. Godinho
* Benício Aleixo ...
''. It was based on the novel of same title by Autran Dourado.
Dourado died of
stomach bleeding on September 30, 2012, in
Rio de Janeiro. He was 86 years old.
Selected novels
* ''Uma Vida em Segredo'' 1964 - translated as ''A Hidden Life''
* ''Ópera dos Mortos'' 1967 - translated as ''Voices of the Dead''
* ''O Risco do Bordado'' 1970 - translated as ''Pattern for a Tapestry''
* ''Os Sinos da Agonia'' 1974 - translated as ''Bells of Agony''
* ''Ópera dos Fantoches'' 1995
* ''As Imaginações Pecaminosas'' (Jabuti Prize 1982)
* ''A Serviço Del-Rei'' 1984
* ''Confissões de Narciso'' 1997
Novels with English translations are posted above with their American titles.
Reviews
*
McCabe, Brian (1981), review of ''The Voices of the Dead'', in ''
Cencrastus'' No. 6, Autumn 1981, p. 42
References
External links
*
1926 births
2012 deaths
20th-century Brazilian novelists
20th-century Brazilian male writers
Brazilian male novelists
Camões Prize winners
Deaths from gastrointestinal hemorrhage
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