The writer is a former government income tax auditor. After his retirement, he devoted his time to the arts, mainly to literature, but with contributions in music and painting. In poetry, part of his work was translated and adapted into Spanish and presented in Argentina. He received several literary awards, especially in southern Brazil, for his essays, stories, poems and other texts. His book Cacos do Tempo (Pieces of Time), published in 2004, prepared the way for a new work called Beira de Açude (Edge of a Pond). Alcione Sortica has been awarded for his stories of urban and regional characters, presented mainly in short stories, chronicles and poetry.
Born in the town of Cachoeira do Sul (RS) on December 17, 1935 in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, home of his grandparents. He was the second son of the merchant Antonio Osorio Sortica and Maria Luiza Sortica. He completed his high school studies at the gymnasium Marist High School Roque Gonzales, where he completed a technician course in accounting.
He studied at, where in addition to studies of Portuguese and Brazilian literature, he completed studies in Latin and French. Later on, he moved to Porto Alegre where he earned a bachelor's degree in accounting at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in 1974. He co-founded Gonçalvense Student League.
In 1963 he married Ivone Teresinha Almansa. The couple was blessed with two sons: Edward (merchant, born in 1968) and Martha (medical, born in 1971).
In 1967, they moved to Porto Alegre (RS), where he worked as controller for Ernesto Neugebauer chocolate factory. In 1968, he joined the Ministry of Finance as federal public servant (income tax agent). During two decades of public service, he worked for SERPRO, Brazilian Federal Data Processing Agency. He retired in 1990.
After retirement he devoted himself to the arts, first music and painting and then in 2000, with the birth of his first grandchild – Stephanie – his writing grew in importance. The poem "Ray of Light" remained shelved until, on a visit to the House of the Poets of Rio Grande. There he met Mrs. Santa Inez Soares da Rocha Neiva and sent her a poem as a suggestion. His works include tales, short stories, essays and poems. His love of fishing led to the series On Silver Pond and Fisher Tales.
He chronicled the family's many trips in the series Travel Stories, some of them published on Zero Hora Journal. In 2005, he published his first book Pieces of Time. His work earned literary awards in Brazil and South America.
The writer was nominated and awarded Remarkable Personality in Literature, Trophy Pedro Aleixo 2012. The honors received awarded artists and other professionals in the Brazilian scene by the whole literary work (Trophy Pedro Aleixo), cultural contributions (Trophy Cecília Meireles), social and scientific (Trophy Carlos Chagas).
Tale "Tereskova" (Tereskova), third place, I Concurso de Contos Especiais do Armazém Literário, Aracaju , 2002.
Poem "Fragmentos" (Pieces), first place, III Concurso Letras da Casa, Casa do Poeta, São Luiz Gonzaga , 2003.
Tale "O leitão" (Piglet) third place no I Concurso Nacional de Contos Ilha das Letras, São José , 2003.
Tale "O ferrinho da arma" (The gun trigger), second place, award "Cântaro Igaçaba", VI Concurso Literário Prêmio Missões, Igaçaba Produções Culturais, Roque Gonzales , 2003.
Tale "O barril de cachaça" (The barrel of sugar cane spirit), third place, award "Cântaro Igaçaba", VII Prêmio Missões, da Igaçaba Produções Culturais, Roque Gonzales , 2004.
Tale "O galo" (The cock), first place, 8º Concurso Estadual de Literatura Pérola da Lagoa, São Lourenço do Sul , 2005.
Tale "Olhos" (Eyes), third place no 5º Concurso Nacional "Nelson Fachinelli de Efemérides, patrocinado pela Casa do Poeta do Rio-grandense – CAPORI – Porto Alegre , 2006.
Essay "Aipim-cafezinho" (Cassava), second place, 9º Concurso Estadual de Crônicas Pérola da Lagoa – CEL, São Lourenço do Sul , 2006.
Tale "Noite Luarenta" (Moonless night), second place, 2º Concurso "Histórias de Pescador", São Lourenço do Sul , 2007.
Poem "Peneirando estrelas" (Sifting Stars), second place, 10º Concurso Literário Pérola da Lagoa, São Lourenço do Sul , 2007.
Tale "A velhinha no fim do corredor" (The old lady by the end of corridor), Special Award, Troféu Igaçaba no 10º Prêmio Missões, Igaçaba Produções Culturais, Roque Gonzales , 2007.
Tale "O rapaz que devorava salgadinhos" (The boy who ate snacks), first place (state), 11° Concurso Prêmio Missões, Igaçaba Produções Culturais, Roque Gonzales , 2008.
Tale "O velho dos queijos" (The cheese's old man), Brazilian National Special Prize, XIV Concurso Literário Internacional, Porto Alegre , 2010.
Tale "A mocinha da sacola de pão" (The girl with bread bag), second place, XIV Concurso Literário Internacional, Porto Alegre , 2010.
Tale "Par de sapatos" (Shoes), 4th Place, II Concurso Literário Internacional Planície Costeira, São José do Norte , 2011.
Tale "Estourando Bolhas" (Blowing up bubbles), 1st Place, II Concurso Literário Internacional Planície Costeira, São José do Norte , 2011.
Folk story "Beliscador" (The pincher), 5th Place, I Concurso Cultural Literário do Piquete Chama Nativa, Porto Alegre , 2011.
Story "O jovem que chora" (The crying boy), 4Th Place, IV Concurso da FECI – Fundação de Educação e Cultura do Sport Club Internacional, Porto Alegre , 2011.
Tale "O jornal" (The journal), 3rd Place, XIV Concurso Literário Estadual Pérola da Lagoa, São Lourenço do Sul , 2011.
Tale "Entrando numa fria" (Falling in the rain), 3rd Place, III Concurso Literário Internacional Planície, São José do Norte , 2011.
Story "Pintores com a boca e os pés" (Mouth and foot painting artists), Winner 1st Place, 3º Concurso Literário Internacional Planície, São José do Norte , 2011. This writer's unpublished text refers to the work in Brazil of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists of the World.
Story Um feixe de luz (A light beam), 2nd Place, II Concurso Literário Buriti de Cronicontos, Américo Brasiliense , 2011.
Trophy "Pedro Aleixo" – Remarkables of Literature – Academia de Letras do Brasil, Section Minas Gerais, 12ª Edição, Itabira , 2012.
Novels and other works
Cacos do Tempo (Pieces of Time), 2005 / 2017 (2nd Edition)
Peneirando Estrelas (Shifting Stars), 2012
Beira de Açude (Edge of Pond), 2013
De Pai para Filho (From father to son), 2014
Um Ponto no Tempo (A dot in time), 2015
Plenilúnio (Full moon), 2016
Universe, Spanish, 2007
Sorrows, Spanish, 2011
Smile, Spanish, 2011
Your hair, Spanish, 2011
The first poet, Spanish, 2011
Mother Earth, Italian, 2009
Light ray, Italian, 2009
Shifting Stars, English, 2011
Fallen angel, English, 2012
