The son of writer Erico Verissimo was an editorial phenomenon, with more than 70 works published and millions of copies sold; His career began in journalism in 1966, and he also consecrated himself as a chronicler of major Brazilian newspapers
The writer and chronicler Died this Saturday (30) in Porto Alegre. He was hospitalized in from the hospital Moinhos de Vento. The author, who lived in the state capital, lived with Parkinson’s disease, heart problems and had a stroke in 2021. Born in 1936, the son of writer Erico Verissimo was an editorial phenomenon, with more than 70 works published and millions of copies sold. His career began in journalism in 1966, and he also consecrated himself as a chronicler of major Brazilian newspapers, in parallel to his passion for literature and saxophone.
Health
The writer has presented other health problems in recent years. In January 2021, Verissimo suffered a stroke (stroke). At the time, he was at his home in Porto Alegre, and wrote a chronicle about the United States for the newspaper O Globo. He chose to finish it the next day, but was ill at dawn and was taken to a hospital, where the health problem was found. At that time, the author had been recovering from jaw surgery in November 2020, a few months earlier.
Stroke affected a cognitive part of his brain, making it difficult to order his thoughts, even though he understood what was going on around. Since then, it has undergone a slow and gradual recovery and also some unusual facts – as its most ease of communicating in English, a language that has become fluent because of childhood in the US.
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