What is Erico Verissimo's full name?
Erico Lopes Veríssimo
Erico Verissimo date of birth:
December 17, 1905
How old was Erico Verissimo when died?
69
Where was Erico Verissimo born?
Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
When did Erico Verissimo die?
November 28, 1975
Where did Erico Verissimo die?
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Why did Erico Verissimo die?
Infarction
Erico Verissimo body shape:
Average
What color are Erico Verissimo's eyes?
Blue
What color is Erico Verissimo's hair?
Salt and Pepper
Is Erico Verissimo gay or straight?
Straight
What is Erico Verissimo's ethnicity?
White
What is Erico Verissimo nationality?
Brazilian
What is Erico Verissimo's occupation?
Novelist, short story writer, translator, memorialist
Erico Verissimo claim to fame:
Olhai os Lírios do Campo, 1938 - O Tempo e o Vento, 1949-1951-1961, 7 vols. - Incidente em Antares, 1971
Short Biography
Érico Lopes Veríssimo (December 17, 1905 – November 28, 1975) was an important Brazilian writer, born in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. His father, Sebastião Veríssimo da Fonseca, heir of a rich family in Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, met financial ruin during his son's youth. Veríssimo worked in a pharmacy before obtaining a job at Editora Globo, a book publisher, where he translated and released works of writers like Aldous Huxley. During the Second World War, he went to the United States. This period of his life was recorded in some of his books, including: Gato Preto em Campo de Neve ("Black Cat in a Snow Field"), A Volta do Gato Preto ("The Return of the Black Cat"), and História da Literatura Brasileira ("History of Brazilian Literature"), which contains some of his lectures at UCLA. His epic O Tempo e o Vento ("The Time and the Wind'") became one of the great masterpieces of the Brazilian novel, alongside Os Sertões by Euclides da Cunha, and Grande Sertão: Veredas by Guimarães Rosa.