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Robert
Writer and Researcher
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Vandersee Spillare
With more than two decades dedicated to genealogy, the history
of immigration, and the preservation of the memory of families
who helped build Espírito Santo and Brazil.
Short Biography
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Robert Vandersee Spillare is a writer, genealogist, and researcher. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and has devoted more than 20 years to the study of genealogy and migration movements, with a particular focus on families of Italian and German origin who settled in Espírito Santo, Brazil.
He is the author of works that combine documentary research, social history, and literary narrative, aiming to preserve memory and better understand the formation of communities through their roots. His writing also extends into novels based on real stories and fiction inspired by historical contexts.
Citizenship
Brazilian and Italian.
Languages
Portuguese, Italian, and English.
Residence
Bristol.
A Feiticeira e o Guerreiro
Between dream and narrative, this novel of fiction is born. An epic story of ancient gods and a man and a woman destined to change the fate of a people.
The Pomeranians in Brazil
An article on Pomeranian colonisation in Espírito Santo, migration processes, and the formation of Pomeranian communities in the region.
After more than two decades dedicated to research and writing, I receive each recognition along this journey with gratitude while still in life. More than distinctions, I see these gestures as the continuation of a path built with time, attentive listening, and persistence.
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Between forgotten documents and buried truths, a discovery emerges. A woman silenced by time, an author who chose to record her story. A novel inspired by real events.
O Sino da Igreja do Tirol
Ribeiro Limpo
The history of the Vandersee family. The journey of a Pomeranian family that found its new home in Santa Leopoldina.
Famílias de Santa Leopoldina
The Egg family between Austria and Brazil. A case study on migratory trajectories, family recomposition, and the integration of an Austrian lineage into the context of Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Moglie e buoi dei paesi tuoi
Case study on marital patterns among Mantuan families in Brazilian territory, observing cultural continuities and social adaptations within the context of the Italian popular saying (article title).
Merit of Honour
Emitido por Câmara Municipal de Vitória · mai de 2024.
Awarded by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Espírito Santo · June 2025.
“Braz da Costa Rubim” Medal of Honour
Corresponding Memberof ACAL – Aracruz Academy of Letters
It is an honour to be part of an institution that values and preserves the culture, literature, and history of our people. A space dedicated to the dialogue between memory and creation, where voices come together to keep alive the identity and richness of who we are.
SAIBA MAIS SOBRE A ACAL >>
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Interests and Curiosities
An interest in connecting stories and preserving family memories across generations.
Genealogy
A continuous study of the events and processes that have shaped peoples and communities.
History
The study and collection of coins, from Ancient Rome to contemporary monetary systems.
Numismatics
An interest in languages, cultures, and traditions across diverse historical and social contexts.
Travel and Cultures
A passion that makes me cry, smile, and feel every character, as a way of understanding, creating, and sharing stories.
Writing
Where books end, the story written in DNA begins — one that travels through millennia within us.
Genetic Genealogy
Robert Vandersee Spillare
Robert Vandersee Spillare is an Italian-Brazilian writer and genealogical researcher whose work moves between memory, historical investigation, and literary creation.
I grew up surrounded by stories that carried both pride of belonging and the lingering presence of irretrievable losses. I grew up hearing different languages, in a home where the kitchen was a meeting point, a space of conversation and continuity — where narratives circulated naturally as part of everyday life.
Research was the first path. Writing, however, was always present and, over time, found different ways of expressing itself. I have worked as a genealogical researcher for more than two decades, developing studies based on historical archives, family records, and migration paths connected to European immigration in Brazil, combining documentary rigor with narrative sensibility.
Over the years, I have published works and articles in Brazil and abroad, exploring different ways of narrating the past. From this experience also emerged a literary impulse: to transform historical traces into living stories, where ordinary people and forgotten memories take center stage.
Over time, my writing expanded into broader forms. From historical records to fiction based on real events, and later to epic fantasy and literary imagination, my work has consistently returned to a central axis: giving voice to what has been forgotten, interrupted, or silenced. Not coincidentally, many of my narratives are shaped by ordinary human figures, especially women, whose stories remain at the margins of formal records.
I write out of love for memory. I found in writing a way to materialize the act of remembering, to preserve what tends to disappear, and to reconstruct, even if only partially, what time fragments.
My trajectory includes institutional recognition, with the Honra ao Mérito award from the Municipal Chamber of Vitória (2024) and the Braz da Costa Rubim Medal (2025), granted for contributions to genealogical and historical research. I also hold chair number 7 at the Aracruz Academy of Letters, as a corresponding member, with Francisco Schwartz as patron.
I live in Bristol, United Kingdom, where I continue to work between research, writing, and literary projects. This position between geographies also shapes my work, marked by themes of displacement, continuity, and identity.
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