João da Cruz e Sousa

João da Cruz e Sousa (November, 1861 - March 19, 1898) was a Symbolist poet from Santa Catarina, Brazil. A son of freed slaves, he was one of the great Afro-Brazilian writers. He published his first poem in 1877.

Cruz e Sousa died of tuberculosis in 1898.

Books

 * Broquéis (1893)
 * Missal (1893),
 * Evocações (1898)
 * Faróis (1900)
 * Últimos Sonetos (1905)