Ariano Suassuna

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Ariano Suassuna (born João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil in 1927) is a playwright and author.

Four of his plays have been filmed and he is considered one of Brazil's greatest living playwrights. He is also an important regional writer doing various novels set in the Northeast of Brazil. He received an honorary doctorate at a ceremony performed at a circus.

Plays

Auto da Compadecida, (1959).
O Castigo da Soberba, (1960).
O Casamento Suspeitoso, (1961).
Uma Mulher Vestida de Sol, (1964).
O Santo e a Porca, (1964).
Pena e a Lei, (1974).

Novels

A Pedra do Reino e o Príncipe do Sangue do Vai-e-Volta, (1971).
História d'O Rei Degolado nas caatingas do sertão: ao sol da Onça Caetana, (1977).

External links

[IMDB]
[Icaro Brazil]
[Academia's site (In Portuguese)]

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