Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna (27 March 1937 – 4 March 2025) was a Brazilian poet, essayist and academic.
Background
Sant'Anna was a professor of Brazilian literature at
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...
and the
University of Texas at El Paso, and a writer for the
O Globo newspaper. In 1971 he married
Marina Colasanti, a Brazilian journalist and writer. In 1984, he began writing for
Jornal do Brasil.
Sant'Anna died at his home in Rio de Janeiro, on 4 March 2025, at the age of 87.
Works
* 1962 – ''O Desemprego da Poesia''
* 1965 – ''Canto e Palavra'' (poem book)
* 1980 – ''Que país é este?''
* 1986 – ''A Mulher Madura'' (book of articles for
O Globo)
References
External links
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Releituras (Portuguese)
1937 births
2025 deaths
University of California, Los Angeles faculty
University of Texas at El Paso faculty
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