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João Antônio
João Antônio Ferreira Filho (January 27, 1937 – October 31, 1996) was a Brazilian journalist and short story writer, who became known for portraying the lives of marginalized people inhabiting the outskirts of large cities, such as bandits, workers, vagrants and malandros. Biography Born into a family of small shopkeepers in a suburb of São Paulo, João Antônio worked in low-paid jobs before releasing his first collection of short stories, ''Malagueta, Perus e Bacanaço'', in 1963, for which he won several awards: two Jabuti Prizes (best new author and best book of short stories), the Prêmio Fabio Prado and the Prêmio Municipal da Cidade de São Paulo. The double Jabuti award was an unprecedented feat for a rookie writer. ''Malagueta'' was originally written in 1960, but the manuscript was destroyed in a fire. Antonio then spent the following two years rewriting it. This literary success led him into a career in journalism, his first job being with the ''Jornal do Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literature In Brazil
Brazilian literature is the literature written in the Portuguese language by Brazilians or in Brazil, including works written prior to the country's independence in 1822. Throughout its early years, literature from Brazil followed the literary trends of Portugal, whereas gradually shifting to a different and authentic writing style in the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, in the search for truly Brazilian themes and use of Brazilian forms. Portuguese is a Romance language and the sole official language of Brazil. Lyrically, the poet Olavo Bilac, named it " ''(...) desconhecida e obscura./ Tuba de alto clangor, lira singela,/ Que tens o trom e o silvo da procela,/ E o arrolo da saudade e da ternura!'' ", which roughly translates as "(...) unknown and obscure,/ Tuba of high blare, delicate lyre,/ That holds the frill and the hiss of the tempest/ And the singing of the saudade and of the tenderness!" Brazil's most significant literary award is the Camões Prize, which it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
