Name Jose Ferreira Role Writer | Movies The Forest | |
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Died June 29, 1974, Porto, Portugal Spouse Elena Muriel (m. 1938–1974) Books O instinto supremo : romance, Emigrants, a Novel Children Elsa Beatriz Ferreira de Castro Parents Jose Ferreira de Castro, Maria Rosa Soares | ||
Jos maria ferreira de castro
José Maria Ferreira de Castro (May 24, 1898 in Oliveira de Azeméis – June 29, 1974 in Oporto) was a Portuguese writer and journalist.
At age 12, he emigrated to Brazil, where his work at a rubber plantation for the next four years would be the inspiration for his most famous book, A Selva (1930), which was adapted for a 2002 film of the same title (released in English as The Forest).
He returned to Portugal in 1919, and started working as a journalist. He was a noted oppositionist to António de Oliveira Salazar.
He was also famous for his travel literature, namely his book A Volta ao Mundo, recounting his travels around the world in the outset of World War II.
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