But it is probably more accurate to say that the beginning of modernismo in Brazil was the Semana de Arte Moderna, or Modern Art Week, which was held in the Municipal Theater of São Baulo in 1922 ...

The intensity of Nassar's writing and its fusion of the erotic, natural and mystical have led to comparisons with DH Lawrence, while his untamed language reminds us of his fellow Brazilian Clarice ...

New translations of Clarice Lispector’s mid-20th-century work, most recently “The Complete Stories,” are sparking a broad appreciation of the Brazilian modernist’s writing.

Why Brazil’s Greatest Writer Stopped Writing. In 1984, at the height of his literary fame, Raduan Nassar announced his retirement, to become a farmer. By Alejandro Chacoff. January 21, 2017.

World ‘Zany’ for Proust: Brazilian builds massive manuscript library. By. AFP. Published. March 5, 2023 ...

Machado de Assis (born 1839) died in 1908 and modern writing (I use the term in the same sense that one does when one speaks of modern painting or modern music) began in Brazil some time later.