Leo Vaz
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|birth_place = Capivari, Brazil
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|death_place = São Paulo, Brazil
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Leo Vaz (June 6, 1890 – March 5, 1973), writer, teacher and journalist in Brazil. He was the author of novels and short stories in a satirical styleBarreto, Lima in Correspondência – 2 ª ed.- São Paulo – Editora Brasiliense – 1961 -205 pg.
Biography
Leonel Vaz de Barros was born in Capivari.Mattos, Virginia Bastos de in Léo Vaz, O cético e sorridente caipira de Capivari – Ribeirão Preto – Editora Migalhas, 2009 – {{ISBN|978-85-61707-02-6}} He graduated from the Normal School as a teacher in 1911 and taught in the cities of São Paulo and Recife( Escola de Navegação) until 1918.{{Cite web |url=http://www.leovaz.com.br/mostra_noticia.aspx?cod=86305 |title=Notícias | Léo Vaz |access-date=July 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706153424/http://www.leovaz.com.br/mostra_noticia.aspx?cod=86305 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
As a journalist, he began writing for the newspaper of Piracicaba.Vaz, Leo – Páginas Vadias – Rio de Janeiro – Editora José Olympio, 1957
In 1918 he moved to São Paulo and, with the support of Monteiro Lobato and Oswald de Andrade, embraced a journalistic career, writing for periodicals such as Jornal do Brasil, Jornal do Comércio, O Estado de S. Paulo, where he was editor, secretary and director, until his retirement in 1951{{cite web |url=http://www.leovaz.com.br/noticias.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706153331/http://www.leovaz.com.br/noticias.aspx |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |title=Notícias {{!}} Léo Vaz}}
As a journalist made a brilliant career as Sud Menucci, Guilherme de Almeida, Afonso Schmidt, Galeão Coutinho, Paulo Gonçalves and Nestor PestanaMartins, Ana Luiza – Revistas em revista, Imprensa e práticas culturais em tempos de República, São Paulo (1890–1922) – São Paulo – Editora EdUSP, 2001– {{ISBN|85-314-0569-6}}
In 1969, although retired, he returned to writing in the O Estado de S. Paulo, where he remained until his death in March 1973.{{cite web |url=http://www.aprovincia.com/padrao.aspx?texto.aspx?idcontent=6002 |title= A Província - Paixão por Piracicaba|website=www.aprovincia.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707154246/http://www.aprovincia.com/padrao.aspx?texto.aspx%3Fidcontent=6002 |archive-date=July 7, 2011}} He died, aged 82, in São Paulo.
Works
- Professor Jeremias (1920)
- Ritinha e outros casos (1923)
- O Burrico Lúcio (1951): tells the story of "The Golden Ass" of Lucian of Samosata;{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/7073354/Leo-Vaz-O-Burrico-Lucio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605164526/http://www.scribd.com/doc/7073354/Leo-Vaz-O-Burrico-Lucio |archive-date=June 5, 2009 |title=Léo Vaz - O Burrico Lúcio}}
- Páginas Vadias (1957)
Bibliography
- Koshiyama, Alice Mitika. Monteiro Lobato: Intellectual, empresário, editor. São Paulo: Editora EdUSP, 2006. {{ISBN|85-314-0780-X}}
- Fernando, Jorge. Vida, obra e época de Paulo Setúbal: Um homem de alma ardente. São Paulo: Editora Geração Editorial, 2003. v. 2 {{ISBN|85-7509-101-8}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706153424/http://www.leovaz.com.br/mostra_noticia.aspx?cod=86305 – Capivari – solidarity movement]
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Category:Brazilian male novelists