Leo Vaz

Leo Vaz (June 6, 1890 – March 5, 1973), writer, teacher and journalist in Brazil. He was the author of novels and short stories in a satirical style^[1]

Leo Vaz
Born	(1890-06-06)June 6, 1890 Capivari, Brazil
Died	March 5, 1973(1973-03-05) (aged 82) São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Occupation	author

Biography

Leonel Vaz de Barros was born in Capivari.^[2] He graduated from the Normal School as a teacher in 1911 and taught in the cities of São Paulo and Recife( Escola de Navegação) until 1918.^[3]

As a journalist, he began writing for the newspaper of Piracicaba.^[4]

In 1918 he moved to São Paulo and, with the support of Monteiro Lobato and Oswald de Andrade, embraced a journalistic career, writing for periodicals such as Jornal do Brasil, Jornal do Comércio, O Estado de S. Paulo, where he was editor, secretary and director, until his retirement in 1951^[5]

As a journalist made a brilliant career as Sud Menucci, Guilherme de Almeida, Afonso Schmidt, Galeão Coutinho, Paulo Gonçalves and Nestor Pestana^[6]

In 1969, although retired, he returned to writing in the O Estado de S. Paulo, where he remained until his death in March 1973.^[7] He died, aged 82, in São Paulo.

Works

• Professor Jeremias (1920)
• Ritinha e outros casos (1923)
• O Burrico Lúcio (1951): tells the story of "The Golden Ass" of Lucian of Samosata;^[8]
• Páginas Vadias (1957)

Bibliography

• Koshiyama, Alice Mitika. Monteiro Lobato: Intellectual, empresário, editor. São Paulo: Editora EdUSP, 2006. ISBN 85-314-0780-X
• Fernando, Jorge. Vida, obra e época de Paulo Setúbal: Um homem de alma ardente. São Paulo: Editora Geração Editorial, 2003. v. 2 ISBN 85-7509-101-8