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Joel Rufino dos Santos
Brazilian writer and historian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joel Rufino dos Santos (19 June 1941 – 4 September 2015) was a Brazilian academic and writer, including historian and novelist.[1][2]
Life and career
Rufino dos Santos was born in 1941 in Rio de Janeiro.[3]
He was a professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Rufino dos Santos is considered one of the country's greatest historians as well as a novelist and writer, having been one of the leading names in the study of African culture and Afro-Brazilian literature in Brazil.
Death
He died from complications from cardiac surgery on 4 September 2015.[4][5]
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