José de Côrtes Duarte was a Brazilian writer born in
Garanhuns,
Pernambuco in the year 1895. His books are mainly narratives about regional aspects of
Minas Gerais, where he lived as farmer and
vaquero
The ''vaquero'' (; pt, vaqueiro, , ) is a horse-mounted livestock herder of a tradition that has its roots in the Iberian Peninsula and extensively developed in Mexico from a methodology brought to Latin America from Spain. The vaquero became t ...
. His books became a source of information about historic aspects of the region. He was elected a lifetime member of the Academia Mineira de Letras (Academy of Letters of Minas Gerais).
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Books
* ''Vultos sem História'' - 1972
* ''A Tragédia de Sergipe e Outras Narrativas'' - Editorial Lemi, 1979
* ''O Fogo e o Boi'' - 1976
* ''Crônicas Quadradas'' - 1981
References
External links
Vultos sem história: narratives, por J. DuarteA tragédia de Sergipe e outras narrativas
1895 births
1982 deaths
Brazilian male writers
Portuguese-language writers
Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
People from Garanhuns
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