Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna


Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna was a Brazilian poet, essayist and academic.

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.

Works

  • 1962 – O Desemprego da Poesia
  • 1965 – Canto e Palavra
  • 1980 – Que país é este?
  • 1986 – ''A Mulher Madura''