Alfredo Bosi

Alfredo Bosi
Born(1936-08-26)26 August 1936
São Paulo, Brazil
Died7 April 2021(2021-04-07) (aged 84)
São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation(s)Professor, historian
SpouseEcléa Bosi
Children2
AwardsJabuti Prize
Academic background
EducationUniversity of São Paulo
ThesisItinerario della Narrativa Pirandelliana (1964)
Academic work
Institutions

Alfredo Bosi (26 August 1936 – 7 April 2021) was a Brazilian historian, literary critic, and professor.[1] He was a member of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Letters), occupying Chair number 12.[2] One of his most famous books is História Concisa da Literatura Brasileira (Brief History of Brazilian Literature), widely used in Brazilian universities in literature courses. Bosi also wrote several studies about Italian literature and about major Brazilian writers, as well as essays on the field of hermeneutics.

  1. ^ "Messejana e seu filho ilustre". Diário do Nordeste (in Portuguese). 1 May 2009. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Biografia". Academia Brasileira de Letras (in Portuguese). 27 June 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2021.