Autran Dourado
Waldomiro Freitas Autran Dourado (1926 – September 30, 2012) was a Brazilian novelist.
Dourado was born in Patos de Minas, state of Minas Gerais. Going against current trends in Brazilian literature, Dourado's works display much concern with literary form, with many obscure words and expressions. Minas Gerais is the setting for most of Dourado's books, resembling the early to mid-20th century regionalist trend in Brazilian literature. Most literary critics consider Dourado's work to have similarities to Baroque literature.
In 1981, Dourado won the prestigious Goethe Prize.
In 2000, Dourado won the Camões Prize, the most important literary prize in the Portuguese sprachraum.
“(...) não vamos mais na ordenação desta história e no risco, Senhor, porque seria longo de ouvir. E o homem que ordena histórias não deve contar mais curto do que foi ou mais longo do que deve. Tal aprendi com os que ensinam a por em crônica sucessos de natureza vária.”
Autran Dourado