Francisco J.C. Dantas
Francisco Dantas is a Brazilian writer. He was born in Riachao do Dantas in the state of Sergipe. He published his debut novel Coivara da Memória at the age of 50, and developed a reputation as a noted regionalist writer, continuing to live in Sergipe, far away from mainstream literary circles. Later books include Os Desvalidos, Cartilha do silêncio and Uma jornada como tantas
The 2012 novel Caderno de ruminações was nominated for the Sao Paulo Literary Prize.
He taught literature at the Federal University of Sergipe, and lived in the state capital of Aracaju.