Leo Vaz


Leo Vaz, writer, teacher and journalist in Brazil. He was the author of novels and short stories in a satirical style

Biography

Leonel Vaz de Barros was born in Capivari. He graduated from the Normal School as a teacher in 1911 and taught in the cities of São Paulo and Recife until 1918.
As a journalist, he began writing for the newspaper of Piracicaba.
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
As a journalist made a brilliant career as Sud Menucci, Guilherme de Almeida, Afonso Schmidt, Galeão Coutinho, Paulo Gonçalves and Nestor Pestana
In 1969, although retired, he returned to writing in the O Estado de S. Paulo, where he remained until his death in March 1973. He died, aged 82, in São Paulo.

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