Sérgio Sant'Anna

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Sérgio Andrade Sant'Anna e Silva (born October 30, 1941 in Rio de Janeiro ; † May 10, 2020 ibid) was a Brazilian writer .

Life

Sérgio Sant'Anna studied at the Law Faculty of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Belo Horizonte , graduating in 1966, followed by postgraduate studies at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Paris in 1967 . From 1972 to 1975 he was qualified as a professor of communication science at the Catholic University of Minas Gerais , which was followed by teaching at the Escola de Comunicação of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) from 1977 to 1990 . After 1990 he began to devote himself entirely to literature and also worked as a columnist for various newspapers.

Sant'Anna wrote novels, short stories, plays and poetry. His works were u. a. Translated into German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Czech. The multiple Prêmio-Jabuti-Prize winner published from 1987 in the renowned publishing house Companhia das Letras in São Paulo; in Germany the first translation of his works, Amazona in the translation by Frank Heibert , was published in 1992 by the Berlin publishing house Edition diá .

Sant'Anna died in May 2020 at the age of 78 after being admitted to Quinta D'Or Hospital in Rio de Janeiro with symptoms of COVID-19 .

Publications

  • 1969 O sobrevivente. Minas Gráfica, Belo Horizonte. (Stories)
  • 1973 Notas de Manfredo Rangel, repórter (a respeito de Kramer). Civilização Brasileira, Rio de Janeiro. (Stories)
  • 1975 Confissões de Ralfo. Civilização Brasileira, Rio de Janeiro. (Novel)
  • 1977 Simulacros. Civilização Brasileira, Rio de Janeiro. (Novel)
  • 1982 O concerto de João Gilberto no Rio de Janeiro. Editora Ática, São Paulo. (Stories)
  • 1986 Amazon. Editora Nova Fronteira, Rio de Janeiro. (Novel)
  • 1987 A tragédia brasileira. Companhia das Letras, São Paulo
  • 1989 A Senhorita Simpson. Companhia das Letras, São Paulo. (Stories)
  • 1991 Breve história do espírito. Companhia das Letras, São Paulo. (Stories)
  • 1994 O monstro. Companhia das Letras, São Paulo. (Stories)
  • 1997 To crime delicado. Companhia das Letras, São Paulo. (Novel)
    • German edition: The truth about the Antônio Martins case. From the Brazilian Portuguese by Enno Petermann. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 1999; E-Book: Edition diá 2013, ISBN 978-3-86034-534-4 (Epub), ISBN 978-3-86034-634-1 (Mobi)
  • 1997 Contos e novelas reunidas. Companhia das Letras, São Paulo
  • 2003 O voo da madrugada. Companhia das Letras, São Paulo. (Stories)
  • 2011 O livro de Praga. Narrativas de amor e arte. Companhia das Letras, São Paulo. (Stories)

Awards

literature

  • Nelson H. Viera: Sant'Anna, Sérgio . In: Irwin Stern (Ed.): Dictionary of Brazilian literature. Greenwood Press, New York 1988, ISBN 0-313-24932-6 , pp. 310-311.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Escritor Sérgio Sant'Anna morre no Rio aos 78 anos com suspeita de Covid-19th In: globo.com. G1 , May 10, 2020, accessed May 10, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Essay on the cover story O monstro : Igor Ximenes Graciano: O mal narrado: voyerismo e cumplicidade na narrativa de "O monstro", de Sérgio Sant'Anna. In: Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea . No. 28, 2006, pp. 97-111. Retrieved October 8, 2013 (Brazilian Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Sant'Anna, Sérgio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sant'Anna e Silva, Sérgio Andrade (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 2020
Place of death Rio de Janeiro