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Afrânio Coutinho
Brazilian literary critic and essayist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Afrânio Coutinho (March 15, 1911 – August 5, 2000) was a Brazilian literary critic and essayist.[1] He encouraged the rise of the "New Criticism" in Brazil of the 1950s.[2] Coutinho edited the Portuguese version of Reader's Digest as well as several reference works on Brazilian literature. He also taught literature at several universities.[3]
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