Pedro Wayne: apontamentos biográficos e apresentação do livro de contos Lagoa da Música

Abstract

This work is a brief survey of part of the Wayne family collection, focused on the life and work of the writer, Pedro Wayne. The main objective of this work is to recognize his contribution to the local society, Bagé, and to promote the dissemination of his work across the academic sector. The research methodology was ‘documental analysis’, based on the following source documents: the Wayne family record file (fig.1 in Annexes), called Pedro Wayne; articles and chronicles; reading of the works, ‘Panorama Poético de Pedro Wayne,’ by the Bahian writer Clóvis Assumpção; Pedro Wayne by Ernesto Wayne; Pedro Wayne An Alphabet apart from Cristina Maria Rosa; testimonies that portray situations that involve the writer working in Bahian society; and interviews with family members and writers who were in contact with the author.