Graciliano Ramos
Graciliano Ramos was a Brazilian politician, journalist, linguist, translator, novelist and children's writer (1892–1953). He was born at Quebrangulo and died at Rio de Janeiro.
Also recorded as Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira.
Overview
Born at Quebrangulo in 1892, died at Rio de Janeiro in 1953.
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira. His recorded languages were Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. His recorded confession was atheism.
Career and activity
Graciliano Ramos worked in literary activity, belletristic literature, journalism and politics.
Recorded position is mayor.
Catalogued works
19 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1938 to 1969.
Angústia. Vidas Secas, dated 1938. Sao Bernardo. Alexandre e Outros Herois (TV program). Brandão entre o Mar e o Amor. barren Lives. S. Bernardo. Caetés. Insonia. Memórias Do Cárcere. Memorias do Carcere. Volume 2. Memórias do Cárcere. Vol. 2. A Terra dos Meninos Pelados. Balled Eagle, from Leta and the Swan, dated 1969, color lithograph on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1973.128. Toucan Better than One, from Leta and the Swan, dated 1969, color lithograph on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1973.131. Curassow, from Leta and the Swan, dated 1969, color lithograph on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1973.133. Pelicana, from Leta and the Swan, dated 1969, color lithograph on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1973.127. Eagle Beaver, from Leta and the Swan, dated 1969, color lithograph on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1973.126. Judy and the Jaeger, from Leta and the Swan, dated 1969, color lithograph on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1973.129.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Graciliano Ramos (1892-1953): breve abordagem sobre interpretações, Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura, 2020. GRACILIANO RAMOS E A QUESTÃO DO CANGAÇO/35, 130 ANOS DE GRACILIANO RAMOS, 2022. Ramos de Graciliano. Guerra Civil Española; memoria; Graciliano Ramos, Caracol, 2016. Reflections on Graciliano Ramos, Graciliano Ramos and the Making of Modern Brazil, 2017. Baleia, de Graciliano Ramos: uma meditação sobre a vida sensível do animal, Journal of Lusophone Studies, 2017. As imagens materiais primordiais da infância, Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários, 2016. Ascensão e ruína na era do ímpeto modernizante: uma leitura comparativa de São Bernardo, de Graciliano Ramos, e Absalão, Absalão!, de William Faulkner, Outra Travessia, 2023. Memórias Severinas: uma prática interdisciplinar de leitura e escrita com base na Pedagogia de Gênero, Signo, 2021. Social abandonment, injustice and forgetfulness: the northeast brazilian’s identity and the hinterland in the works of Graciliano Ramos and Antônio Torres, Travessias, 2020. MORAES, Dênis de. O velho Graça – Uma biografia de Graciliano Ramos. São Paulo: Boitempo, 2012 (360 p.), Revista Espaço Acadêmico, 2012. O DISCURSO EXISTENCIALISTA DE GRACILIANO RAMOS EM "ALEXANDRE E OUTROS HERÓIS", Reflexão, 2024. Dissertações e Teses v.2 n.3, Horizonte, 2009.
Digitised editions and texts
9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
A Terra Dos Meninos Pelados (1939) — Internet Archive. Angústia (1936) — Internet Archive. Garranchos (2012) — Internet Archive. Infância (1945) — Internet Archive. Vidas secas (1986) — Internet Archive. Sao Bernardo (1986) — Internet Archive. Alexandre e Outros Heróis (1962) — Internet Archive. Caetés (1933) — Internet Archive. linhas tortas (1962) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 20 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
the recorded working language is Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese.
The field of work recorded is literary activity, belletristic literature and journalism.
Positions recorded include mayor.
Works named in the authority record are Vidas Secas.
Chronology
- 1892Graciliano Ramos born at Quebrangulo.
- 1936Angústia digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1938Vidas Secas.
- 1939A Terra Dos Meninos Pelados digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1945Infância digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1953Graciliano Ramos died at Rio de Janeiro.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Graciliano Ramos”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Consult the sourcereference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1392121: Graciliano Ramos
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