Buell Quain
Encyclopedia
Buell Halvor Quain was an American
ethnologist
who, after graduating from Columbia University
, worked with native peoples in Fiji
and Brazil
. He published a total of four books, three of them posthumously.
The mysteries surrounding his death by suicide was the subject of Brazil
ian author Bernardo Carvalho
's 2002 novel Nine Nights.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
ethnologist
Ethnology
Ethnology is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity.-Scientific discipline:Compared to ethnography, the study of single groups through direct...
who, after graduating from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, worked with native peoples in Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
and Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. He published a total of four books, three of them posthumously.
The mysteries surrounding his death by suicide was the subject of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian author Bernardo Carvalho
Bernardo Carvalho
Bernardo Carvalho is a Brazilian author and journalist. He was the editor of “Folhetim,” a collection of essays, and is a Paris and New York correspondent for Folha de São Paulo. His first two novels were edited in France....
's 2002 novel Nine Nights.