Autran Dourado

Waldomiro Freitas Autran Dourado (born 1926) is a contemporary Brazilian novelist.^[1] He was born in the 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 Camoens Prize, the most important literary prize in the Portuguese language.

Selected novels

Uma vida em segredo 1964 - translated as A Hidden Life
Ópera dos Mortos 1967 - translated as Voices of the Dead
O Risco do Bordado 1970 - translated as Pattern for a Tapestry
Os Sinos da Agonia 1974 - translated as Bells of Agony
Opera dos Fantoches 1995
As Imaginações Pecaminosas (Goethe Prize for Literature 1981)
A Serviço Del-Rei 1984
Confissões de Narciso 1997

Novels with English translations are posted above with their American titles.

References

^ Rector, Mônica (2004-11-19). Brazilian writers. Thomson Gale. pp. 161-. ISBN 9780787668440. http://books.google.com/books?id=X88UAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 11 April 2011.

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Name	Dourado, Autran
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