Ariano Suassuna

Ariano Suassuna was born on 16 June 1927 in Nossa Senhora das Neves, now João Pessoa. His father, João Suassuna, a former governor of Paraíba, was assassinated in Rio in 1930 for political reasons; the family then settled in Taperoá, in the sertão. After graduating in law in Recife, he taught aesthetics from 1956 at the Federal University of Pernambuco. On 18 October 1970 in Recife he launched the Armorial Movement, which draws on the popular culture of the Nordeste. Elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 1989, he died in Recife on 23 July 2014.

In the catalogue 1

• NovelO Romance d'A Pedra do Reino e o Príncipe do Sangue do Vai-e-VoltaAriano Suassuna · 1971not translated into EnglishLiterature