Childhood home
Writer's belongings.
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Cordisburgo, a small town some 110 kilometres north-west of Belo Horizonte, is where João Guimarães Rosa was born in 1908. He became one of Brazil's greatest twentieth-century writers, author of the novel Grande Sertão: Veredas, which transformed the language of Brazilian literature. The museum occupies the house where he spent his childhood and is run by the Minas Gerais state government. It displays personal belongings, photographs, letters and editions of his work, and evokes the world of the sertão and rural Minas that inspired his stories. One charming touch is the Miguilim group, local youngsters who learn passages of Rosa's texts by heart and recite them to visitors. The museum opens Tuesday to Sunday from 9:30 to 17:00 with free entry and no booking, and many combine it with the nearby Maquiné Cave.
Writer's belongings.
Recited texts.
The novel's setting.
Rua Padre João 744, Cordisburgo, Minas Gerais
No, individual visits need no booking and entry is free.