Leo Vaz Explained

Leo Vaz
Birth Date:	6 June 1890
Birth Place:	Capivari, São Paulo, Brazil
Death Place:	São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation:	author
Nationality:	Brazilian

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 style^[1]

Biography

Leonel Vaz de Barros was born in Capivari.^[2] He graduated from the Normal School as a teacher in 1911 and taught in the cities of Sao Paulo and Recife(Escola de Navegação) until 1918.^[3]

As a journalist, he began writing for the newspaper of Piracicaba.^[4]

In 1918 he moved to Sao 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 Sao Paulo, where he was editor, secretary and director, until his retirement in 1951^[5]

As a journalist made a brilliant career as Sud Menucci, Guilherme de Almeida, Afonso Schmidt, Galeão Coutinho, Paulo Gonçalves and Nestor Pestana^[6]

In 1969, although retired, he returned to writing in the Estado de São Paulo, where he remained until his death in March 1973.^[7] 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;^[8]
• Páginas Vadias (1957)

Bibliography

• Koshiyama, Alice Mitika. Monteiro Lobato: Intellectual, empresário, editor. São Paulo: Editora EdUSP, 2006.
• Fernando, Jorge. Vida, obra e época de Paulo Setúbal: Um homem de alma ardente. São Paulo: Editora Geração Editorial, 2003. v. 2

External links

• – Capivari – solidarity movement

Notes and References

1. Barreto, Lima in Correspondência – 2 ª ed.- São Paulo – Editora Brasiliense – 1961 -205 pg.
2. Mattos, Virginia Bastos de in Léo Vaz, O cético e sorridente caipira de Capivari – Ribeirão Preto – Editora Migalhas, 2009 –
3. Web site: Notícias | Léo Vaz . July 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706153424/http://www.leovaz.com.br/mostra_noticia.aspx?cod=86305 . July 6, 2011 . dead .
4. Vaz, Leo – Páginas Vadias – Rio de Janeiro – Editora José Olympio, 1957
5. Web site: Notícias Léo Vaz. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706153331/http://www.leovaz.com.br/noticias.aspx . July 6, 2011 .
6. Martins, Ana Luiza – Revistas em revista, Imprensa e práticas culturais em tempos de República, São Paulo (1890–1922) – São Paulo – Editora EdUSP, 2001–
7. Web site: A Província - Paixão por Piracicaba. www.aprovincia.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707154246/http://www.aprovincia.com/padrao.aspx?texto.aspx%3Fidcontent=6002 . July 7, 2011.
8. Web site: Léo Vaz - O Burrico Lúcio. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090605164526/http://www.scribd.com/doc/7073354/Leo-Vaz-O-Burrico-Lucio . June 5, 2009 .