Alceu Amoroso Lima

Alceu Amoroso Lima(Petrópolis December 11, 1893 – Rio de Janeiro, August 14, 1983) was a writer, journalist and activist from Brazil. He adopted the pseudonym "Tristão de Ataíde" in 1919 and wrote under that name. In 1928 he converted to Catholicism and eventually became head of Catholic Action in Brazil. Although he initially had some sympathy for certain aims of Brazilian Integralism he became a strong opponent of authoritarianism in general and Fascism in particular. That came in part through the influence of Jacques Maritain. He was a staunch advocate for press freedom during the period of military dictatorship.

Works

* "Estudos — Segunda série" (1927)
* "Política" (1932)
* "Idade, sexo e tempo" (1938)
* "Elementos de ação católica" (1938)
* "Mitos de nosso tempo" (1943)
* "O problema do trabalho" (1946)
* "Meditações sobre o mundo interior" (1953)
* "O existencialismo e outros mitos de nosso tempo" (1951)
* "O gigantismo econômico" (1962)
* "O humanismo ameaçado" (1965)
* "Os direitos do homem e o homem sem direitos" (1975)
* "Revolução Suicida" (1977)
* "Tudo é mistério" (1983)

External links

* [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:TeaOgXT3ZWIJ:www.iycs-jeci.org/Contemporary%2520Catholicism%2520Latin%2520America.pdf+%22Alceu+Amoroso+Lima%22+%22writer%22+-wikipedia+-list&hl=en&lr=lang_en Catholic Church and Democracy in Latin America]