Antonio Candido

Antonio Candido
Candido at the Literature Festival of Paraty in 2011
Candido at the Literature Festival of Paraty in 2011
BornAntonio Candido de Mello e Sousa
(1918-07-24)July 24, 1918
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DiedMay 12, 2017(2017-05-12) (aged 98)
São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationAuthor, literary critic, sociologist, professor
LanguagePortuguese
Notable awardsPrêmio Jabuti, Prêmio Camões, Prêmio Machado de Assis, Alfonso Reyes International Prize
SpouseGilda de Melo e Sousa

Antonio Candido de Mello e Souza (July 24, 1918 – May 12, 2017) was a Brazilian writer, professor, sociologist, and literary critic.[1] As a critic of Brazilian literature, he is regarded as having been one of the foremost scholars on the subject by Brazilian universities. He was the co-winner of the Prêmio Jabuti for essays in 1965 and was awarded the Prêmio Machado de Assis in 1993, the Camões Prize in 1998, and the Alfonso Reyes International Prize in 2005.

Candido was professor-emeritus at the University of São Paulo and São Paulo State University, and doctor honoris causa by the University of Campinas.

  1. ^ Brasil, Ubiratan; Sobota, Guilherme (May 12, 2017). "Morre Antonio Candido aos 98 anos". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved May 12, 2017.