Francisco de Assis Almeida Brasil explained

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Francisco de Assis Almeida Brasil, better known as Assis Brasil (18 February 1932 – 28 November 2021) was a Brazilian writer and member of the Academia Piauiense de Letras.

Biography

He was born in Parnaíba. A novelist, chronicler, essayist, Piauí writer and journalist, he also worked as a literary critic, intensely, in the Brazilian press, especially in Jornal do Brasil, Diário de Notícias, Correio da Manhã and O Globo, as well as in the magazines O Cruzeiro, Enciclopédia Bloch and Revista do Livro.

He published over a hundred works, among them Beira Rio Beira Vida, 1965; A Filha do Meio Quilo, 1966; O Salto do Cavalo Cobridor and Pacamão (Tetralogia Puiense); Os que Bebem como os Cães (Ciclo do Terror); Nassau, Sangue e Amor nos Trópicos, Jovita and Tiradentes (historical novels).

He died on 28 November 2021, at the age of 92, in Teresina.

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