Joel Rufino dos Santos | |
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Born | 1941 Cascadura, Rio de Janeiro |
Died | 4 September 2015 Rio de Janeiro | (aged 73–74)
Website | Joel Rufino dos Santos – Biografia |
Joel Rufino dos Santos (1941 – 4 September 2015) was a Brazilian writer and historian.[1][2] He was born in 1941 in Rio de Janeiro.[3] He was a professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, he is considered one of the country's greatest historians as well as a novelist and writer, having been one of the leading names in the study of African culture and Afro-Brazilian literature in Brazil. He died from complications from cardiac surgery on 4 September 2015.[4][5]