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Márcio Souza is a Brazilian journalist and writer, recognized for his focus on the Amazon basin. With the work "Galvez – Imperador do Acre", he began his literary career in 1976. He wrote several works about the socio-cultural environment of the Amazon, such as Mad Maria, Plácido de Castro contra o Bolivian Syndicate, Zona Franca, meu amor, Silvino Santos: o cineasta do ciclo da borracha, among others. He is also an essayist.
Portrait by Matheus Dias
Marcio Souza worked in the Veltin studio.
Veltin Studio was donated by alumni of the Veltin School, a school for girls in New York with a highly respected visual arts department. As the plaque just outside the entrance attests, this studio was used by poet Edwin Arlington Robinson during most of the 24 summers he spent at MacDowell. Perhaps most famously, Thornton Wilder put the finishing…