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Rosa, João Guimarães
(Encyclopedia)Rosa, João Guimarães rŏˈzä [key], 1908–67, Brazilian novelist. In The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (1956, tr. 1963), Rosa combines naturalism with psychological analysis in his examination of ...Cabral, Pedro Alvares
(Encyclopedia)Cabral, Pedro Alvares pĕˈdro͝o əlväˈrəsh kəbrälˈ [key], c.1467–c.1520, Portuguese navigator. A friend of Vasco da Gama, in 1500 he was sent out by Manuel I as head of a fleet destined for ...Alegría, Claribel
(Encyclopedia)Alegría, Claribel, 1924–2018, Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet, b. Nicaragua as Clara Isabel Alegría Vides, grad. George Washington Univ. (B.A., 1948). Her family went into exile in El Salvador when she...Grenoble
(Encyclopedia)Grenoble grənôˈblə [key], city, capital of Isère dept., SE France, at the foot of the Al...Soufrière, volcano, Guadeloupe
(Encyclopedia)Soufrière so͞ofrēĕrˈ [key], active volcano, 4,813 ft (1,467 m) high, on Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean Sea. Called also La Grande Soufrière, it is the highest mountain in the Lesser A...Portinari, Cândido
(Encyclopedia)Portinari, Cândido känˈdēᵺō pôrtēnäˈrē [key], 1903–62, Brazilian painter. He studied at the National School of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. In 1928 a European fellowship enabled him to v...São Vicente
(Encyclopedia)São Vicente souN vēsĕnˈtĭ [key], city (1996 pop. 279,620), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, off the mainland on an island in the Atlantic. It was the first permanent Portuguese settlement (1532) in B...Figueiredo, João Baptista de Oliveira
(Encyclopedia)Figueiredo, João Baptista de Oliveira fēgārädō [key], 1918–99, Brazilian general and politician, president of Brazil (1979–85). He was named (1974) to head the national intelligence service a...Ceará
(Encyclopedia)Ceará sēəräˈ [key], state, 57,149 sq mi (148,015 sq km), c.377,460 sq mi (145,700 sq km)...Ribeirão Prêto
(Encyclopedia)Ribeirão Prêto rēbārouNˈ prāˈtō [key], city (1996 pop. 452,804), São Paulo state, SE Brazil. The former “coffee capital” of Brazil, the city grew during the late 19th cent., with railroad...Browse by Subject
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