Affonso Schmidt

Affonso Schmidt was born on the 29^th June 1890; he died on the 3^rd April 1964. He was a Brazilian journalist, short story writer, novelist and a playwright.

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Affonso Schmidt was born in the city of  Cubatão in Sao Paulo. Together with the legendary figures of the anarchist movment in the country: Edgard Leuenroth and Oreste Ristori, he was the founder of the newspaper of the country called A Plebe and A Lanterna.

He was also the founder of the newspaper called A Voz do Povo that later became the press organ of the workers of Brazil.

Selected works

Poetry

Ø  Lírios Roxos (1907)

Ø  Miniaturas

Ø  Janelas Abertas (1911)

Ø  Mocidade (1921)

Ø  Garoa (1932)

Ø  Lusitania

Ø  Poesias (1934)

Ø  Poesia (1945)

Novels

Ø  Brutalidade

Ø  Os impunes

Ø  O dragão e as virgens (fantasia)

Ø  Pirapora

Ø  As levianas

Ø  Passarinho verde

Ø  Ao relento (fantasia)

Ø  Kellani

Ø  A revolução brasileira (crônicas)

Ø  A nova conflagração

Ø  O evangelho dos livros

Ø  Os negros

Ø  Carne para canhão

Ø  Curiango

Ø  A sombra de Júlio Frank (romance)

Ø  Colônia Cecília (romance)

Ø  O Retrato de Valentina (1947) (romance)

Ø  A Marcha (romance)

Ø  O Menino Felipe (romance)

Ø  O Tesouro de Cananeia (contos)

Ø  A Vida de Paulo Eiró (crônicas)

Ø  São Paulo de meus Amores (crônicas)

Ø  Zanzalá (1938) (novela)

Ø  A Primeira Viagem (autobiografia)