何塞·林斯·多·雷戈

何塞·林斯·多·雷戈·卡瓦尔康蒂 (José Lins do Rego Cavalcanti ，1901年7月3日 - 1957年9月12日) 是一位巴西小说家，他生于皮拉尔。他是半自传体小说《甘蔗循环》（sugarcane cycle）的作者。

José Lins do Rego Cavalcanti (July 3, 1901 – September 12, 1957) was a Brazilian novelist most known for his semi-autobiographical "sugarcane cycle." These novels were the basis of films that had distribution in the English-speaking world.

Cavalcanti was born in Pilar, Paraíba. Along with Graciliano Ramos and Jorge Amado he stands as one of the greatest regionalist writers of Brazil According to Otto Maria Carpeaux, José Lins was "the last of the story tellers". His first novel, Menino de Engenho ("Boy from the plantation"), was published with difficulty, but soon it got praised by the critics. He died in Rio de Janeiro, aged 56.

Films based on his Novels

Pureza, directed by Chianca de Garcia (1940).

Plantation Boy, directed by Valter Lima (1965), based on Menino de Engenho novel.

The Last Plantation, directed by Marcos Farias (1976), based on Fogo morto novel.

Translations

The "Academia Brasileira de Letras" points out that several Novels by José Lins do Rego have been translated internationally: Germany, Argentina, Spain, USA, France, England, Italy, Portugal, and Korea.