Veríssimo, érico Lopes
Related Category: Latin American Literature: Biographies
(ĕ´rēk
l
pəs vərēs´sēm
), 1905–75, Brazilian writer. Veríssimo lectured and taught in the United States. He wrote (in English)
Brazilian Literature (1945). His best-known novel is
Caminhos cruzados (1935; tr.
Crossroads, 1943). His other works include two studies of North American culture and
Mexico (1957, tr. 1960). He was director (1953–56) of the Dept. of Cultural Affairs of the Pan-American Union. Veríssimo's fiction has been published as
Ficção completa (1966–67).
