Bernardo Guimarães
Bernardo Guimarães (born August 15, 1825 in Ouro Preto , Minas Gerais , as Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães ; † March 10, 1884 ibid) is a Brazilian novelist.
Guimarães' themes were slavery and its effects on the population, so he wrote the anti-slavery book Escrava Isaura in 1875 , which is now part of the school reading in Brazil and has been filmed several times. The best-known adaptation dates from 1976 and became a great success as Die Sklavin Isaura in 1986, first in Germany and then internationally.
Many of his novels were used as models for telenovelas and feature films, so his novels O Seminarista and O Garimpeiro were also made into films.
Web links
- Bernardo Guimarães in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Comprehensive page on Bernardo Guimarães ( Memento of October 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese)
- Article about Bernardo Guimarães ( Memento of September 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Guimarães, Bernardo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Silva Guimarães, Bernardo Joaquim da (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ouro Preto , Minas Gerais |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1884 |
| Place of death | Ouro Preto , Minas Gerais |