Raimundo Carrero de Barros Filho is a Brazilian journalist and writer. He was born in the city of Salgueiro, Pernambuco, in 1947. His first contact with literature was still in his teens, when his brother became a circus artist and left him a box of books. He graduated from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). A career journalist, he spent more than 25 years at the Diário de Pernambuco.[1]
As a writer, he achieved prominence from the 1970s onwards, when he participated in the Armorial Movement, led by writer Ariano Suassuna and focused on the culture of the Northeast of Brazil.[2] He has won numerous prizes, among them the Sao Paulo Prize for Literature in 2010 for his novel A minha alma é irmã de Deus.[3]
He taught at UFPE between 1971 and 1996, and founded the Literary Creation Workshop in Recife, among whose graduates was the writer Marcelino Freire.[4]
References
- ^ "Convidado: Raimundo Carrero". Portal Cultura PE. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ^ Pernambuco', 'Diário de (2014-11-04). "Textos inéditos de Raimundo Carrero e Ariano Suassuna são publicados". Acervo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ^ "Raimundo Carrero e Edney Silvestre vencem o Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2010-08-03. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ^ CEPE Editora. "Raimundo Carrero - CEPE Editora". editora.cepe.com.br. Retrieved 2023-04-26.