Career
Along with Graciliano Ramos and Jorge Amado he stands as one of the greatest regionalist writers of Brazil According to Otto Maria Carpeaux, José Lins was "the last of the story tellers". His first novel, Menino de Engenho ("Boy from the plantation"), was published with difficulty, but soon it got praised by the critics. Films based on his Pureza, directed by Chianca de Garcia (1940).
Plantation Boy, directed by Valter Lima (1965), based on Menino de Engenho novel.
The Last Plantation, directed by Marcos Farias (1976), based on Fogo morto novel. The "Academia Brasileira de Letras" points out that several by José Lins do Rego have been translated internationally: Germany, Argentina, Spain, United States of America, France, England, Italy, Portugal, and of Korea.