Viajando para casa: redefini es da Heimat e da identidade na obra de Richard Katz

This article analyses bookswhich Richard Katz, German journalist andauthor from Prague, well knowen becauseof his travel literature, wrote on Brasil from1931 to 1950, perceiving how his idea ofHeimat (native country) appears andtransforms in these books. An otherobjective is his reconstruction of identitywhile he lived in Germany, Switzerland andin his Brazilian exile.