Denilson Botelho

Denilson Botelho holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), a Master’s and Doctorate in Social History from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). He was a History Professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), as well as in the History Course and Graduate Program in History at the Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI). He is a History Professor at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), affiliated with the Graduate Program in History (PPGH/Unifesp). He conducts research in Brazilian History, focusing on the connections between history, literature, and the press. He is a specialist in the work and career of the writer Lima Barreto (1881-1922), on whom he published a book awarded the Prêmio Carioca de Pesquisa. He leads the Research Group on the Social History of Culture: Literature, Press, and Society.