in the list of the most popular cariocas, by birth or adoption, and those who have had the most influence on the cultures of brazil, meet afonso henrique de lima barreto who was a novelist and is considered as one of the greatest brazilians to ever live in his time.

his legacy still lives on to this day and he is still monumental - in fact, in addition to being a novelist, he was a journalist and was popular for the critics that he wrote on the social lives of brazilians - his novels such as 'vida urbana' had social significance, making him to this day one of the most respected novelists who ever wrote from rio.

one of the world's most renowned social writers who did a number of novels is castro alves who is most popular for his novel about slaves from africa.