Osea Felici: an italian reporter in Brazil of the twenties

Abstract

Starting with a few observations about the first italian writes who describe Brazil, this essay intends to remark the Oseas Felicis' book. Felici wrote the book II Brasile come in 1923. He was a italian reporter who visited Rio de Janeiro in 1922-1923. We want to underline in this essay the author's remarks about the brazilian culture and economy, the literary stile of the italian reporter and the his prejudices which have ideologic nature.