Leo Vaz | |
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Born | Capivari, Brazil | June 6, 1890
Died | March 5, 1973 82) São Paulo, Brazil | (aged
Nationality | Brazilian |
Occupation | author |
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]
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 São 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 São 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 S. 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 O Estado de S. Paulo, where he remained until his death in March 1973. [7] He died, aged 82, in São Paulo.
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Events in the year 1890 in Brazil.
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