Joel Rufino dos Santos

Joel Rufino dos Santos (1941 – 4 September 2015) was a Brazilian writer and historian.[1][2] He was born in 1941 in Rio de Janeiro.[3] He was a professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, he is considered one of the country's greatest historians as well as a novelist and writer, having been one of the leading names in the study of African culture and Afro-Brazilian literature in Brazil. He died from complications from cardiac surgery on 4 September 2015.[4][5]

Joel Rufino dos Santos
Born1941
Cascadura, Rio de Janeiro
Died4 September 2015(2015-09-04) (aged 73–74)
Rio de Janeiro
WebsiteJoel Rufino dos Santos – Biografia

References
  1. Khan, Santos. "Joel Rufino Dos Santos: Brazil ⋆ Author – ResearchGate".
  2. Pereira, Amauri Mendes; Pereira, Amilcar Araujo; Alberti, Verena (December 2013). "Entrevista com Joel Rufino dos Santos". Estudos Históricos. Rio de Janeiro. 26 (52): 491–518. doi:10.1590/S0103-21862013000200012.
  3. Kelly, Melon. "O Que é racismo - Joel Rufino dos Santos – Scribd" (in Portuguese).
  4. "Joel Rufino Dos Santos biografia" (in Portuguese).
  5. Dos Santos, Joel Rufino. "Joel Rufino dos Santos, writer, teacher and Authoristorian, died in Rio".
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