The pioneer of children's literature in Brazil, Monteiro Lobato, talks about the Old Donkey and the prison.
Letter signed by Monteiro Lobato to Souza Filho.
One page.
In Portuguese.
20.5 cm x 28 cm.
Sao Paulo, January 20, 1944.
Good condition of conservation.
Unique piece.
In 1940, Monteiro Lobato, during the dictatorship, wrote a letter to President Getúlio Vargas in which he addressed the issue of oil in Brazil and argued that the National Petroleum Council was delaying "the creation of a large-scale oil industry in Brazil, to serve, solely and exclusively, the interests of the Standard-Royal Dutch trust" . Documents, reports and witnesses resulted in a trial and the arrest of Lobato.
Regarding his arrest, he commented: “I am as I wanted, reaping what I sowed. The oil cause benefits much more from my arrest than from the complacent chatter in the office.”
This letter concludes, 3 years later, the episode of his imprisonment in the Tiradentes Prison, from March to June 1941, by highlighting Monteiro Lobato's satisfaction with the recipient's praise of his sincerity. He also writes that, for being too sincere, the risk is prison. As a pearl, we still find self-praise in reverse: old donkey.
