José Lins do Rego

José Lins do Rego was a Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter, literary critic and novelist (1901–1957). He was born at Pilar and died at Rio de Janeiro.

Also recorded as Jose Lins do Rego; José Lins do Rego Cavalcanti.

José Lins do Rego in brief

Born
1901
Died
1957
Known for
writer, journalist, screenwriter, literary critic and novelist
Place of birth
Pilar
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Identity and origins

José Lins do Rego was recorded at birth as José Lins do Rego Cavalcanti. He also worked under the name Zélins. The authorities additionally record the headings Jose Lins do Rego and José Lins do Rego Cavalcanti. His recorded language was Portuguese.

Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago.

Menino de engenho. Brandão entre o Mar e o Amor. Pureza. Fogo Morto. A Frog he would a-wooing go I, dated 1989, etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2005.413.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

JOSÉ LINS DO REGO E O ROMANCE DE FORMAÇÃO, Revista Graphos, 2026. José Lins do Rego: tipos em transição. José Lins do Rego e o diálogo transversal com as Ciências Sociais, RURIS (Campinas, Online), 2026. CHAPTER II. JOSÉ LINS DO REGO, Brazil’s New Novel, 1954. Ficção, História e Memória em Menino de engenho, de José Lins do Rego, Patrimônio e Memória, 2015. Livros do Brasil e a edição de romances brasileiros em Portugal nos anos 1940, FronteiraZ, 2017. A MULHER NEGRA E AS RELAÇÕES DE GÊNERO EM MENINO DE ENGENHO DE JOSÉ LINS DO REGO THE BLACK WOMAN AND GENDER RELATIONS IN MENINO DE ENGENHO BY JOSÉ LINS DO REGO, Signótica, 2011. LES VARIANTES LEXICALES POUR LE MOT ESPADRILLES AU PARANÁ ET DANS LA RÉGION NORD-EST DU BRÉSIL: UNE ETUDE ETHNOLINGUISTIQUE, Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, 2013. USINA: ARTICULAÇÕES ENTRE ENSINO, LITERATURA E INTERAÇÕES ENTRE CIÊNCIA, TECNOLOGIA E SOCIEDADE, Ensaio Pesquisa em Educação em Ciências. "O Romancista e o Engenho: José Lins do Rego e o regionalismo nordestino dos anos 1920 e 1930", de Mariana Ghaguri "O Romancista e o Engenho: José Lins do Rego e o regionalismo nordestino dos anos 1920 e 1930", by Mariana Chaguri, Sociologias, 2013. "Fala pouco e bem, ter-te-ão por alguém": escolarização, moralização e produção de sentido a partir das memórias de José Lins do Rego e Graciliano Ramos (Brasil, 1930-1945), Cadernos de História da Educação, 2022. Ensayo y crítica literaria: espacio discursivo del “intelectual en acción”. José Lins do Rego, Literatura: Teoría, Historia, Crítica, 2019. A crônica esportiva de José Lins do Rego: política, paixão e relações de força, Revista Brasileira de Educação Física e Esporte : RBEFE.

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Riacho Doce (1969) — Internet Archive. menino de engenho (1956) — Internet Archive. Cartografia dos Rios e Corais Ameaçados de Joao Pessoa (2019) — Internet Archive. Euridice (1971) — Internet Archive. Bangue (1966) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 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.

Chronology

  1. 1901José Lins do Rego born at Pilar.
  2. 1956menino de engenho digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1957José Lins do Rego died at Rio de Janeiro.
  4. 1966Bangue digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1969Riacho Doce digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1971Euridice digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    CHAPTER II. JOSÉ LINS DO REGO, Brazil’s New Novel, 1954

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Ficção, História e Memória em Menino de engenho, de José Lins do Rego, Patrimônio e Memória, 2015

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    José Lins do Rego e o diálogo transversal com as Ciências Sociais, RURIS (Campinas, Online), 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    JOSÉ LINS DO REGO E O ROMANCE DE FORMAÇÃO, Revista Graphos, 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    José Lins do Rego: tipos em transição

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Open Library author record for José Lins do Rego (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 64 articles naming José Lins do Rego.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 109136785X, José Lins do Rego, 1901-1957 (1981 : Rio de Janeiro).

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  9. 9.

    Internet Archive, 5 digitised items catalogued under José Lins do Rego as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  10. 10.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with José Lins do Rego.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2712435: José Lins do Rego

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  12. 12.

    “José Lins do Rego”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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