João Simões Lopes Neto (March 9, 1865 – June 14, 1916) was a Brazilian regionalist writer from

Pelotas Pelotas () is a Brazilian city and municipality (''município''), the third most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located 270 km (168 mi) from Porto Alegre, the state's capital city, and 130 km (80.8& ...

, Rio Grande do Sul. After some unsuccessful business ventures, Neto married at 27. He only wrote four significant works, but nevertheless made a strong contribution to

Brazilian literature Brazilian literature is the literature written in the Portuguese language by Brazilians or in Brazil, including works written prior to the country's independence in 1822. Throughout its early years, literature from Brazil followed the literary t ...

, specifically regionalist writing known as

Criollismo ''Criollismo'' () is a literary movement that was active from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century throughout Hispanic America. It is considered the Hispanic counterpart to American literary regionalism. Using a realist ...

in Latin America. Neto died of a

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in 1916 at age 51.

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* * * http://mitoblogos.blogspot.com/2008/05/genealogia-179-ancestrais-de-joo-simes.html (The ancestors of João Simões Lopes Neto) 1865 births 1916 deaths People from Pelotas Culture in Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian male writers {{Brazil-writer-stub