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Euclides da Cunha

Born

in Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

January 20, 1866

Died

August 15, 1909

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Euclides (archaic spelling Euclydes) da Cunha (January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian writer, sociologist and engineer. His most important work is Os Sertões (Rebellion in the backlands), a non-fictional account of the military expeditions promoted by the Brazilian government against the rebellious village of Canudos, known as the War of Canudos. This book was a favorite of Robert Lowell, who put it above Tolstoy, the Russian writer.

Euclides da Cunha was also heavily influenced by Naturalism and its Darwinian proponents. Os Sertões characterised the coast of Brazil as a chain of civilisations while the interior was more primitively influenced.

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	Rebellion in the Backlands 3.97 avg rating — 1,232 ratings — published 1902 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Os Sertões - Volume I 3.85 avg rating — 179 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Os Sertões - Volume II 3.85 avg rating — 53 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amazon: Land without History by Euclides da Cunha, Ronald W. Sousa (Translator), Lucia Sá (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1909 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canudos. Diario de una expedición 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contrastes e Confrontos 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1907 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ondas e Outros Poemas Esparsos 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1883 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obra Completa 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peru versus Bolívia 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1907 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Euclides Socialista – Obras Esquecidas by Euclides da Cunha, Caué Seignernartin Ameni (Org), Wander Wilson (Org) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“geognósticas”
― Euclides da Cunha, Os Sertões

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“Porque o que estas denunciam — no enterroado do chão, no desmantelo dos cerros quase desnudos, no contorcido dos leitos secos dos ribeirões efêmeros, no constrito das gargantas e no quase convulsivo de uma flora decídua embaralhada em esgalhos — é de algum modo o martírio da terra, brutalmente golpeada pelos elementos variáveis, distribuídos por todas as modalidades climáticas.”
― Euclides da Cunha, Os Sertões

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“Estas lagoas mortas, segundo a bela etimologia indígena, demarcam obrigatória escala ao caminhante. Associando-se às cacimbas e “caldeirões”, em que se abre a pedra, são-lhe recurso único na viagem penosíssima. Verdadeiros oásis, têm contudo, não raro, um aspecto lúgubre: localizadas em depressões, entre colinas nuas, envoltas pelos mandacarus despidos e tristes, como espectros de árvores;”
― Euclides da Cunha, Os Sertões

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