Cyro dos Anjos

Ciro dos Anjos, actually Ciro Versiani dos Anjos ( born October 5, 1906 in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais; † August 4, 1994 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist and writer.

Life

With 17 years Dos Anjos went to Belo Horizonte to study at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais law. He finished his studies and in 1932 successfully worked for some time in Belo Horizonte as a lawyer.

Already during his studies Dos Anjos was occasionally been active as a journalist. In 1946 he gave up his legal career and devoted himself to just writing. In his living as a journalist, was but a little over the years - from public as well as literary criticism alike - valued oeuvre.

With effect from April 1, 1969, the Academia Brasileira de Letras Ciro dos Anjos took on as a member and showed him the Cadeira to 24.

Nine weeks before his 88th birthday died Ciro dos Anjos on 4 August 1994 in Rio de Janeiro and found his final resting place.

Works (selection)

• Poemas coronarianos. In 1964.

• Explorações no tempo. In 1952.
• A menina do sobrado. In 1979.

• O amanuense Belmiro. , 1937.
• Montanha. , 1950.
• Abdias. , 1945.

• A criação Literaria. In 1959.