João Guimarães Rosa Born: 27-Jun-1908 Birthplace: Cordisburgo, Minas Gerais, Brazil Died: 19-Nov-1967 Location of death: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: Brazil Executive summary: The Devil to Pay in the Backlands Father: Florduardo Pinto Rosa Mother: D. Francisca Guimarães Rosa Wife: Lígia Cabral (m. 27-Jun-1930, div., two daughters) Daughter: Vilma Daughter: Agnes Wife: Aracy Moebius de Carvalho (m. 1938, until his death)
High School: Santo Antônio College, São João del Rei, Brazil Medical School: MD, Minas Gerais University (1930)
Author of books:
Magma (1936, poetry) Sagarana (1946, short stories) Com o vaqueiro Mariano (1947) Corpo de Baile (1956, short stories) Grande Sertão: Veredas (1956, novel) Primeiras estórias (1962, short stories) Tutaméia: Terceiras estórias (1967, short stories) Estas estórias (1969, short stories) Ave, palavra (1970, anthology)
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