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erônimo José da Costa Lins, the writer’s grandfather and husband of Joana Carolina - Vitória, date unknown, approximately 1883

His grandmother, Joana Carolina, to whom he pays homage in The Altarpiece.

Auta Amélia, Osman’s maternal grandmother – mother of Maria da Paz – with her great-great-granddaughter Joana Carolina - Recife, 1976

Auta Amélia on the right (1957)

Aged six months - Vitória, January 1925

On the way to Banco do Brasil for his…

...first day of work (1942)

Marriage to Maria do Carmo de Amorim Araújo – the mother of the bride, Maria José, was the sister of the maternal grandmother of the groom, Auta Amélia

Joana Carolina’s dressing table, acquired shortly before the wedding, celebrated on 27 December 1891. Methodical and nocturnal, she spent the night-time hours attending to domestic chores.

Teóphanes, the writer’s father, at the Lins Tailor’s Shop- Vitória de Santo Antão, 1942

Family tree of the writer, going back to 1881, produced by Edson da Costa Lins Júnior

Osman Lins, his daughter Letícia, his paternal grandmother, Joana Carolina, and his father Teóphanes - Vitória, 25 August 1952

His aunt and uncle Laura and Antonio Figueiredo, who appear in The Faithful and the Stone as Teresa and Bernardo - Vitória, 1938

His aunt and uncle Laura and Antonio Figueiredo

Joana Carolina, teacher, reading to her brothers and sisters, Lourdes, Homero and Umberto - Vitória, 1948

His father, Teóphanes, and Eulália, his beloved stepmother, in the 23rd year of their marriage - Vitória, 25 August 1952

Bureau in the writer’s library. On the radio, he could hear his stories and adaptations of other authors on the "Alô, amigos!" program, on Rádio Jornal do Commercio, Recife

Disc recording of one of his stories for the "Alô, amigos!" radio program: Birth and Adventures of a Clarinet

Clockwise, the writer, his sisters, Lourdes and Luciene, his father, Teóphanes, his brother, Homero, and his stepmother Eulália.

Paris 1961

Vitória de Santo Antão, 1960

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