Autran Dourado

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Autran Dourado


Born
in Patos de Minas, Brazil
January 18, 1926

Died
September 30, 2012

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Waldomiro Freitas Autran Dourado (1926 – September 30, 2012) was a Brazilian novelist.

Dourado was born in Patos de Minas, state of Minas Gerais. Going against current trends in Brazilian literature, Dourado's works display much concern with literary form, with many obscure words and expressions. Minas Gerais is the setting for most of Dourado's books, resembling the early to mid-20th century regionalist trend in Brazilian literature. Most literary critics consider Dourado's work to have similarities to Baroque literature.

In 1981, Dourado won the prestigious Goethe Prize.

In 2000, Dourado won the Camões Prize, the most important literary prize in the Portuguese sprachraum.
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Average rating: 4.06 · 1,250 ratings · 107 reviews · 34 distinct worksSimilar authors
Ópera dos Mortos

4.07 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 1967 — 20 editions
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Uma Vida Em Segredo

3.82 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1964 — 17 editions
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Het mensenschip

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3.89 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1961 — 11 editions
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Os sinos da agonia

3.98 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1974 — 10 editions
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O risco do bordado

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4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions
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Uma poética do romance: Mat...

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Breve Manual de Estilo e Ro...

3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Confissões de Narciso

3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions
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As Imaginações Pecaminosas

3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1981 — 4 editions
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Lucas Procópio

4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions
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“(...) não vamos mais na ordenação desta história e no risco, Senhor, porque seria longo de ouvir. E o homem que ordena histórias não deve contar mais curto do que foi ou mais longo do que deve. Tal aprendi com os que ensinam a por em crônica sucessos de natureza vária.”
Autran Dourado, A Barca dos Homens

“{...} e o meu silêncio é cheio de vozes,prenhe de lembrança. Qualquer coisinha - um cheiro,um ruído,um ventinho bobo,me levam para longe. Pra muito longe daqui,pro país das vozes mortas...”
Autran Dourado, As Imaginações Pecaminosas

“As lágrimas secaram, abriu o livro ao acaso. Os olhos encontraram uns versos soltos na brancura amarela da página. As letras dançavam, tinha de firmar bem a vista para distinguir as palavras. As letras embaralhadas, ela tonta, uma névoa envolvia-a toda. As letras pareciam bichinhos inquietos.”
Autran Dourado, Ópera dos Mortos

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