José Rezende Filho (1929–1977) is a Brazilian writer.
José Rezende Filho was born in
Recife, in 1929. He spent most of his childhood in
Carpina
Carpina is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. Its economy is based on commerce and footwear industry. Its current mayor is Manoel Botafogo.
Geography
* State - Pernambuco
* Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana
* Boundaries - Tracunhaém, Buenos Aires a ...
, in
Pernambuco state, where he completed his elementary education.
He started his literary activity quite early in his life, founding a short-lived magazine, ''A Capital'' in Recife, when he was 17. Until his 20 years he had already written a few novels, like ''Os Irmãos Ravenas'', ''Zelsica'', and ''Doutores de Engenho'', and the novellas ''O tenente Zé Falcão'' and ''O Colar Sangrento''.
In 1950 he moved to
Rio de Janeiro, where he was able to publish some of his short stories in newspaper and magazines.
He lived for ten years in Brasília, working as professional journalist and public servant.
He founded and published the magazine ''Sua Revista''. Back to Rio de Janeiro, in 1969, he launched in the following year ''Dimensão Zero'', and, in 1977, shortly before his death, published ''Tonico''.
Bibliography
* Os Irmãos Ravenas,
novel
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* Zesilca,
novel
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* Doutores de Engenho,
novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
* O Tenente Zé Falcão,
novella
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts ...
* Colar Sangrendo,
novella
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts ...
* Dimensão Zero,
novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
, 1970
* Tonico,
novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
, 1977
1929 births
1977 deaths
Brazilian male novelists
20th-century Brazilian novelists
20th-century Brazilian male writers
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