Otávio de Faria (October 15, 1908 – October 17, 1980) was a Brazilian novelist, journalist, and literary critic. He was elected a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters on January 13, 1972. He was most noted as author of the monumental testimonial (and prophetic) A Tragédia burguesa (The Bourgeois Tragedy).
In a noted essay, "Pandeísmo em Carlos Nejar",Otávio de Faria, "Pandeísmo em Carlos Nejar", in Última Hora, Rio de Janeiro, May 17, 1978. de Faria "spoke of the pandeism of Carlos Nejar"; in the evaluation of Giovanni Pontiero,
He was born in Rio de Janeiro, son of Alberto Faria and Maria Teresa de Almeida Faria, and in Rio de Janeiro he died.
References
External links Biografia no sítio oficial da Academia Brasileira de Letras