Brazilian novelist & journalist Lima Barreto was born #OTD in 1881.
His literary career began in the early 20th century, and he is best known for novels such as "Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma" - a bitter satire of the first years of the República Velha in Brazil, was published in 1911. Despite facing difficulties & setbacks during his lifetime (alcoholism and mental health issues), he continued to write until his death.
"Não se sabia onde nascera, mas não fora decerto em São Paulo, nem no Rio Grande do Sul, nem no Pará. Errava quem quisesse encontrar nele algum regionalismo; Quaresma era antes de tudo brasileiro."
"We didn't know where he was born, but it certainly wasn't in São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul or Pará. Anyone who wanted to find any regionalism in him was wrong; Quaresma was first and foremost Brazilian."
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