Abstract
In this research, we intend to analyze thirty letters sent by the writer João Antônio to the Minas Gerais writer Manoel Lobato, between 1963 and 1964, with a view to investigating possible circumstances that surrounded the creation and dissemination of the work Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço (1963), taking into account that the originals of the book were lost due to a fire and that the write…