Roberto Ventura
Roberto Ventura (* February 1. 1957 in Rio de Janeiro ; † 14. August 2002 ) was a Brazilian literary critic and is considered one of the most important Euclides da Cunha - biographers .
Ventura received his doctorate from the Universities of Bochum and São Paulo , completed his habilitation in São Paulo in 1999 and worked there as a professor until his death.
His most important (most cited) work is Estilo tropical: história cultural e polêmicas literárias no Brasil, 1870–1914 from 1991; he borrowed the title from a work by the Brazilian writer Araripe Júnior , with whom he dealt intensively in his work.
In 2002 he died in a car accident . In 2003 the Companhia das Letras posthumously published the fragments of his book project Euclides da Cunha - uma Biografia .
Web links
- Literature by and about Roberto Ventura in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Literature by and about Roberto Ventura in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Literature by and about Roberto Ventura in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Maria Fernanda Rodrigues: Pesquisador Roberto Ventura será homenageado hoje em São Paulo. Article in the Estado de S. Paulo of September 10, 2012.
- ↑ Curriculum Lattes on the website of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- ^ "Roberto Ventura" on Google Scholar
- ↑ Roberto Ventura: “'Estilo tropical': a natureza como pátria.” In: Remate de males , No. 7, 1987, pp. 27-38.
- ↑ Summary of the book on the Folha de S. Paulo website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ventura, Roberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 2002 |