Afonso Schmidt

Afonso Frederico Schimidt
Born	Afonso Schimidt (1890-06-29)29 June 1890 Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil
Died	3 April 1964(1964-04-03) (aged 73) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Poet, writer
Notable works	O Retrato de Valentina, Zanzalá, O Tesouro de Cananeia

Affonso Schmidt (29 June 1890 – 3 April 1964) was a journalist, short story writer, novelist, and playwright.

Biography

Affonso Schmidt was born on Sunday, 29 June 1890, in Cubatão. In the city of Sao Paulo, he founded the newspapers, A Plebe and A Lanterna, along with legendary figures of the anarchist movement: Edgard Leuenroth and Oreste Ristori.

In the city of Rio de Janeiro, founded the newspaper A Voz do Povo, which, in time, became the press organ of the workers of the country.

Writer extensively throughout his life, was the author of a vast literary and poetic work gathered in more than forty books and is also a pioneer of science fiction in Brazil. He died on Friday, 3 April 1964, in São Paulo, aged 73, around three days after the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état.

Selected works

Poetry

• Lírios Roxos (1907)
• Miniaturas
• Janelas Abertas (1911)
• Mocidade (1921)
• Garoa (1932)
• Lusitania
• Poesias (1934)
• Poesia (1945)

Novels

• Brutalidade
• Os impunes
• O dragão e as virgens (fantasia)
• Pirapora
• As levianas
• Passarinho verde
• Ao relento (fantasia)
• Kellani
• A revolução brasileira (crônicas)
• A nova conflagração
• O evangelho dos livros
• Os negros
• Carne para canhão
• Curiango
• A sombra de Júlio Frank (romance)
• Colônia Cecília (romance)
• O Retrato de Valentina (1947) (romance)
• A Marcha (romance)
• O Menino Felipe (romance)
• O Tesouro de Cananeia (contos)
• A Vida de Paulo Eiró (crônicas)
• São Paulo de meus Amores (crônicas)
• Zanzalá (1938) (novela)
• A Primeira Viagem (autobiografia)

External links

• (in Portuguese) Afonso Schmidt's biography