João da Cruz e Sousa

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João da Cruz e Sousa
João da Cruz e Sousa

João da Cruz e Sousa (November, 1861 - March 19, 1898) was a Symbolist poet from Santa Catarina, Brazil. A son of freed slaves, he was one of the great Afro-Brazilian writers. He published his first poem in 1877.

Cruz e Sousa died of tuberculosis in 1898.

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  • Broquéis (1893)
  • Missal (1893),
  • Evocações (1898)
  • Faróis (1900)
  • Últimos Sonetos (1905)

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