Nilto Maciel (January 30, 1945 in

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– April 29, 2014) was a Brazilian writer. He wrote poetry and tales in

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and

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. He studied law at the

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and he lived in Brasilia from 1992 to 2008 where he had several bureaucratic jobs. He has worked for the publications ''O Saco'' and ''Literatura''.

Works

*''Itinerário'', 1974, *''Tempos de Mula Preta'', 1981 *''A Guerra da Donzela'',1982 *''Punhalzinho Cravado de Ódio'', 1986 *''Estaca Zero'', 1987 *''Os Guerreiros de Monte-Mor'', 1988 *''O Cabra que Virou Bode'', 1991 *''As Insolentes Patas do Cão'', 1991 *''Os Varões de Palma'', 1994 *''Navegador'', 1996 *''Babel'', contos, 1997 *''A Rosa Gótica'', 1997 *''Vasto Abismo'', 1998 *''Pescoço de Girafa na Poeira'', 1999 *''A Última Noite de Helena'', 2003 *''Os Luzeiros do Mundo'', 2005 *''Panorama do Conto Cearense'', 2005 *''A Leste da Morte'', 2006. *''Carnavalha'', 2007 *''Contistas do Ceará: D’A Quinzena ao Caos Portátil'', 2008 *''Contos reunidos'' (volume I), 2009

Awards

*Prêmio Fundação Cultural de Fortaleza, CE *Prêmio da Secretaria de Cultura e Desporto do Ceará, 1981, 1986 *Prêmio VI Prêmio Literário Cidade de Fortaleza, 1996, *Prêmio “Cruz e Sousa”, 1997 *Prêmio "Eça de Queiroz",1998 *Prêmio “Bolsa Brasília de Produção Literária”, 1999 *Prêmio “Brasília de Literatura”, 2003 *Prêmio “Graciliano Ramos”, 2005 *''Roteiro - Viagem à Amazonia'' (1978)

References

Sources

*Macedo, Dimas. ''Uma novela de Nilto Maciel'', in ''Leitura e Conjuntura'', Secretaria de Cultura e Desporto do Ceará, Fortaleza, 1984, 1.ª ed., e UFC/Casa de José de Alencar, Fortaleza, 1995, 2.ª ed. ver. amp. * ''Estaca Zero'', in ''Ossos do Ofício'', Editora Oficina, Fortaleza, 1992. * ''Contos Picarescos e Alegóricos'', in ''Punhalzinho Cravado de Ódio'', Secretaria de Cultura e Desporto, Fortaleza, CE, 1986. * ''Visão e Revisão das Letras Cearenses'', in ''A Metáfora do Sol'', Ed. Oficina, Fortaleza, CE, 1989. * ''Punhalzinho Cravado de Ódio'', in ''Crítica Imperfeita'', Imprensa Universitária da UFC, Fortaleza, CE, 2001. 1945 births 2014 deaths Brazilian male writers Federal University of Ceará alumni 20th-century Brazilian writers 21st-century Brazilian writers People from Baturité {{Brazil-writer-stub