After a Century, a Literary Reputation Finally Blooms

by Larry Rohter - 12/09/2008

When the novelist Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis died 100 years ago this month, his passing went little noticed outside his native Brazil. But in recent years he has been transformed from a fringe figure in the English-speaking world into a literary favorite and trendsetter, promoted by much more acclaimed writers and by critics as an unjustly neglected genius.

texto na íntegra : http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/books/13mach.html?_r=1