Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna

Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna (27 March 1937 – 4 March 2025) was a Brazilian poet, essayist and academic.^[1]

Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna
Sant'Anna in 2011
Born	(1937-03-27)27 March 1937 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died	4 March 2025(2025-03-04) (aged 87) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse	Marina Colasanti ​ ​ (m. 1971; died 2025)​
Children	2

Background

Sant'Anna was a professor of Brazilian literature at UCLA and the University of Texas at El Paso, and a writer for the O Globo newspaper. In 1971 he married Marina Colasanti, a Brazilian journalist and writer. In 1984, he began writing for Jornal do Brasil.

Sant'Anna died at his home in Rio de Janeiro, on 4 March 2025, at the age of 87.^[2][3]

Works

• 1962 – O Desemprego da Poesia
• 1965 – Canto e Palavra (poem book)
• 1980 – Que país é este?
• 1986 – A Mulher Madura (book of articles for O Globo)