Salvador Martin Pintor

He was born in Alvares Machado, SP, in 1934. The son of Spaniards, was a labourer until he was 29, living in the interior of the state between Alvares Machado, Quatá and São Carlos do Ivaí. Married, he went to São Paulo in 1964 to look for a job and better living conditions. Worked until 1992 in various companies: GK, General Electric and Rhodia and a workshop helper, presser, machine operator and wire drawer. A painter and writer, Salvador wrote his own story in a school notebook. It is this story, written partly in verse and partly in prose, with an index and preface elaborated by himself, that we present in the following pages.