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His novel Macunaíma, a cornerstone of Modernist literature, follows a shapeshifting ‘hero’, blending folklore, mythology and social critique to explore Brazilian identity.

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Gloria Glikin Fromm, 61, professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago, specialized in teaching and writing about modernist literature. She was the author of a biography of novelist… ...

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